CVE Vulnerability

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.

6.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

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

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

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2020-01-30 01:15

Updated : 2022-09-12 06:43

NVD link : CVE-2020-8442

Mitre link : CVE-2020-8442

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-787