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Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment CVE-2025-54409

MEDIUM
NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
2025-08-14 security-advisories@github.com
Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment Red Hat Suse
6.2
CVSS 3.1 · GitHub Advisory
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Severity by source

GitHub Advisory PRIMARY
6.2 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SUSE
MEDIUM
qualitative
Red Hat
5.5 MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from GitHub Advisory.

CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 19:06 vuln.today
Patch released
Mar 28, 2026 - 19:06 nvd
Patch available
PoC Detected
Nov 04, 2025 - 22:16 vuln.today
Public exploit code
CVE Published
Aug 14, 2025 - 16:15 nvd
MEDIUM 6.2

DescriptionGitHub Advisory

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 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. This issue has been patched in version 0.19.2. A workaround involves removing xattrs group from rules matching files on affected file systems.

AnalysisAI

AIDE is an advanced intrusion detection environment. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.2), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476), which allows attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer. 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 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. This issue has been patched in version 0.19.2. A workaround involves removing xattrs group from rules matching files on affected file systems. Affected products include: Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment Project Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment. Version information: version 0.19.2..

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Check pointers before dereferencing. Use static analysis tools to detect null pointer paths.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Medium
Product Status
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 Fixed
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 Fixed
openSUSE Tumbleweed Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 Fixed

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