Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 30, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-8448
CVE-2020-8448
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.
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Affected products
2- OSSEC-HIDS/OSSEC-HIDSdescription
- Range: 2.7 - 3.5.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1815nvdExploitThird 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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