CVE-2020-8442

In OSSEC-HIDS 2.7 through 3.5.0, the server component responsible for log analysis (ossec-analysisd) is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the rootcheck decoder component via an authenticated client.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1820	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1821	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-33	Third Party Advisory
https://www.ossec.net/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ossec:ossec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

12 Sep 2022, 18:43

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-33 -~~	(GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-33 - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2020-01-30 01:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:13

NVD link : CVE-2020-8442

Mitre link : CVE-2020-8442

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-8442

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ossec

ossec

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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