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Ubuntu 21.10: USN-5245-1 AIDE Remote Exploit Vulnerability Alert

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Calendar Grey January 20, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Be aware that AIDE on Ubuntu may be vulnerable to crashes or allow for admin command execution through specially designed files. Ensure you update immediately for your security!
AIDE could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service aide software update ubuntu

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 21.10: aide 0.17.3-4ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 21.04: aide 0.17.3-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: aide 0.16.1-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: aide 0.16-3ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2021-45417

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January 20, 2022

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security advisory denial of service aide software update ubuntu

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aide/0.17.3-4ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aide/0.17.3-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aide/0.16.1-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aide/0.16-3ubuntu0.1

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