CVE-2025-54409 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2025-54409: 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 ke

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2025-54409 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

aide→ fixed in0.17.3-4+deb11u3urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y aide
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

aide→ fixed in0.18.3-1+deb12u4urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y aide
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

aide→ fixed in0.19.1-2+deb13u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y aide
```

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