High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 30, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-8442
CVE-2020-8442
Description
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.
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Affected products
2- OSSEC-HIDS/OSSEC-HIDSdescription
- Range: 2.7 - 3.5.0
Patches
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References
4- github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1820nvdExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1821nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-33nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ossec.netnvdVendor Advisory
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