Heap-based Buffer Overflow in OSSEC-HIDS Log Analysis Server Component

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in OSSEC-HIDS Log Analysis Server Component

CVE-2020-8442 · HIGH Severity

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

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.

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