CVE-2020-8443
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CVE-2020-8443 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.8/10 on the CVSS scale. In OSSEC-HIDS 2.7 through 3.5.0, the server component responsible for log analysis (ossec-analysisd) is vulnerable to an off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow during the cleaning of crafted syslog msgs (received from authenticated remote agents and delivered to the analysisd processing queue by ossec-remoted).. EPSS estimates a 2.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
In OSSEC-HIDS 2.7 through 3.5.0, the server component responsible for log analysis (ossec-analysisd) is vulnerable to an off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow during the cleaning of crafted syslog msgs (received from authenticated remote agents and delivered to the analysisd processing queue by ossec-remoted).
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ossec | Ossec | >= 2.7, <= 3.5.0 |
References
- https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1816Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1821Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-33Third Party Advisory
- https://www.ossec.net/Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1816Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1821Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-33Third Party Advisory
- https://www.ossec.net/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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