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CVE-2020-8442 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1820 CVEExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1821 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-33 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://www.ossec.net/ CVEVendor Advisory
https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1820 [email protected]ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
ossec ossec
>= 2.7, <= 3.5.0

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-8442
NVD Published Date:
Jan 30, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-8442 Details - Not Deferred