CVE-2020-8448 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting OSSEC-HIDS versions 2.7 through 3.5.0. A local attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference in the ossec-analysisd component by sending crafted messages to its UNIX domain socket. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating low attack complexity and requiring local user privileges, with the primary impact being high availability loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.7, <= 3.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ossec:ossec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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