CVE-2020-22650 Denial of service in n/a
Attacker can cause system crash and denial of service in AlienVault OSSIM by triggering numerous alarm events due to a memory leak.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-22650?
CVE-2020-22650 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jul 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A memory leak vulnerability in sim-organizer.c of AlienVault Ossim v5 causes a denial of service (DOS) via a system crash triggered by the occurrence of a large number of alarm events.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-22650?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Att Alienvault Ossim.
How do I fix CVE-2020-22650?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-22650 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-22650 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-22650 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-23jm-rv8w-pvxf, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22650.