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Medium USN-7697-1 2 CVEs

aide vulnerabilities

Published Aug 14, 2025 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

Rajesh Pangare discovered that AIDE incorrectly handled filenames. A
local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass the detection of
malicious files. (CVE-2025-54389)

Rajesh Pangare discovered that AIDE incorrectly handled extended file
attributes. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2025-54409)

Fixed packages 6

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS aide 0.17.4-1ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS aide 0.18.6-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS aide 0.16~a2.git20130520-2ubuntu0.1+esm2
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS aide 0.16~a2.git20130520-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS aide 0.16-3ubuntu0.1+esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS aide 0.16.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Medium 6.2

    AIDE improper output neutralization vulnerability

    AIDE is an advanced intrusion detection environment. Prior to version 0.19.2, there is an improper output neutralization vulnerability in AIDE. An attacker can craft a malicious filename by including terminal escape sequences to hide the addition or removal o…

  • Medium 6.2

    AIDE null pointer dereference when reading incorrectly encoded xattr attributes from database (local DoS)

    AIDE is an advanced intrusion detection environment. From versions 0.13 to 0.19.1, there is a null pointer dereference vulnerability in AIDE. An attacker can crash the program during report printing or database listing after setting extended file attributes w…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-54389
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-54409