CVE-2025-54409

Publication date 14 August 2025

Last updated 15 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.2 · Medium

Score breakdown

Rajesh Pangare discovered a null pointer dereference vulnerability in AIDE, an advanced intrusion detection system. An attacker can crash the program during report printing or database listing after setting extended file attributes with an empty attribute value or with a key containing a comma. A local user might exploit this to cause a local denial of service.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Rajesh Pangare discovered that AIDE incorrectly handled extended file attributes. A local attacker could possibly use this issues to cause a denial of service.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
aide 25.04 plucky
Fixed 0.18.8-2ubuntu0.1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 0.18.6-2ubuntu0.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 0.17.4-1ubuntu0.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 0.16.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.16-3ubuntu0.1+esm1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.16~a2.git20130520-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.16~a2.git20130520-2ubuntu0.1+esm2

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.2 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

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