Bug 2388018 (CVE-2025-54409)

Summary: CVE-2025-54409 aide: null pointer dereference allows local DoS
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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A flaw was found in AIDE. This vulnerability allows an attacker to 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 can exploit this issue to cause a local denial of service.
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Bug Depends On: 2389389, 2389390    
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Deadline: 2025-08-14   

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-08-12 18:50:22 UTC
A null pointer dereference vulnerability was found 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.