An issue was discovered in OSSEC 3.6.0. An uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in os_xml.c occurs when a large number of opening and closing XML tags is used. Because recursion is used in _ReadElem without restriction, an attacker can trigger a segmentation fault once unmapped memory is reached.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1953 | Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
09 Mar 2021, 15:41
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : 5.0
v3 : 7.5 |
CWE | CWE-674 | |
CPE | cpe:2.3:a:ossec:ossec:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
References | (MISC) https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1953 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
05 Mar 2021, 18:34
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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New CVE |
Information
Published : 2021-03-05 18:15
Updated : 2023-12-10 13:41
NVD link : CVE-2021-28040
Mitre link : CVE-2021-28040
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-28040
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Products Affected
ossec
- ossec
CWE
CWE-674
Uncontrolled Recursion