Description
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 ships the rpm for the Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE) before 0.13.1 with a database that lacks checksum information, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass file integrity checks and modify certain files.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 5 | aide | 0.13.1-2.0.4.el5 | RHSA-2007:0539 |
Advisories 1
- RHSA-2007:0539 Red Hat Security Advisory: aide security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
References
- 1018652 vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236923
- 40439 vdb-entry
- aide-checksum-security-bypass(36452) vdb-entry
- 26711 third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10217 vdb-entry signature
- 25542 vdb-entry
- RHSA-2007:0539 vendor-advisory