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Medium severity · published Jan 30, 2020
CVE-2020-8448
In OSSEC-HIDS 2.7 through 3.5.0, the server component responsible for log analysis (ossec-analysisd) is vulnerable to a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via crafted…
5.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In OSSEC-HIDS 2.7 through 3.5.0, the server component responsible for log analysis (ossec-analysisd) is vulnerable to a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via crafted messages written directly to the analysisd UNIX domain socket by a local user.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OS
Ossec · Ossec
2.7 through 3.5.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
OS
Ossec
Ossec
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8448
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8448
Exploit
https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1815
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1821
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-33
Vendor Advisory
https://www.ossec.net/
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