CVE-2020-8444 Use after free in n/a
An attacker with agent access can trigger a use-after-free in OSSEC analysisd, potentially leading to code execution or service disruption.
- 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-2020-8444?
CVE-2020-8444 is a critical use after free vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Jan 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In OSSEC-HIDS 2.7 through 3.5.0, the server component responsible for log analysis (ossec-analysisd) is vulnerable to a use-after-free during processing of ossec-alert formatted msgs (received from authenticated remote agents and delivered to the analysisd processing queue by ossec-remoted).
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8444?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ossec Ossec.
How do I fix CVE-2020-8444?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8444 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2020-8444 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8444 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qjcm-4w5p-gw32.