CVE-2020-8448 Null dereference in n/a
A local user can cause a denial of service in OSSEC-HIDS by sending crafted messages to the analysis daemon's socket.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-8448?
CVE-2020-8448 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, 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 denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via crafted messages written directly to the analysisd UNIX domain socket by a local user.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8448?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ossec Ossec.
How do I fix CVE-2020-8448?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8448 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-8448 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8448 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8vg3-7pxv-7pq6.