CVE-2021-45417 – aide: heap-based buffer overflow on outputs larger than B64_BUF

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2021-45417

AIDE before 0.17.4 allows local users to obtain root privileges via crafted file metadata (such as XFS extended attributes or tmpfs ACLs), because of a heap-based buffer overflow. AIDE versiones anteriores a 0.17.4, permite a usuarios locales obtener privilegios de root por medio de metadatos de archivo diseñados (como atributos extendidos de XFS o ACLs de tmpfs), debido a un desbordamiento de búfer en la región heap de la memoria A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the base64 functions of AIDE, an advanced intrusion detection system. An attacker could crash the program and possibly execute arbitrary code through large (<16k) extended file attributes or ACL. • http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/20/3 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00024.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-07 https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5051 https://www.ipi.fi/pipermail/aide/2022-January/001713.html https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/20/3 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-45417 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2041489 • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write •