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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: USN-5243-2 Critical: AIDE Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey January 24, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5243-3 pertains to a vulnerability in the AIDE tool; users are advised to update to avert system crashes or potential denial of service scenarios.
AIDE could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

AIDE could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it

opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- aide: Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment - static binary

Details:

USN-5243-1 fixed a vulnerability in aide. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

David Bouman discovered that AIDE incorrectly handled base64 operations. A

local attacker could use this issue to cause AIDE to crash, resulting in a

denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu program execution AIDE

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  aide                            0.16~a2.git20130520-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  aide                            0.16~a2.git20130520-2ubuntu0.1+esm1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5243-1

CVE-2021-45417

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January 20, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu program execution AIDE

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