CVE-2020-8442 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1820 https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1821 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-33 https://www.ossec.net/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8