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    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.

    Published:Jan 30, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jan 30, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.00767
    CVSS Score:8.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Ossec
    Product
    Ossec

    Exploits

    https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1820https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1820

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High