CVE-2020-8448

MEDIUM

OSSEC-HIDS 2.7-3.5.0 - Denial of Service via Crafted UNIX Domain Socket Messages

Title source: llm

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.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1821

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.ossec.net/

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1815

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-33

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0049

EPSS Percentile 38.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Products (1)

ossec/ossec 2.7 - 3.5.0

Published Jan 30, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026