Name: CVE-2020-8442: Out-of-bounds Write
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-8442, CWE-787, CVSS 8.8, EPSS 0.00767

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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade net-analyzer/ossec-hids.	Jul 28, 2020	Jan 30, 2020

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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