PT-2021-10775 · Alienvault · Alienvault Ossim

Vspyano · Published 2021-07-19 · Updated 2021-07-29 · CVE-2020-22650

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AlienVault Ossim version 5

Description A memory leak issue in the sim-organizer.c component causes a denial of service (DOS) via a system crash. This occurs when a large number of alarm events are triggered.

Recommendations For AlienVault Ossim version 5, consider restricting the number of alarm events to prevent system crashes until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, monitor system resources closely to mitigate the risk of denial of service.

Fix

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-22650

Affected Products

Alienvault Ossim

References · 8

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-22650 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22650 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-22650 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22650 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-22650 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/jpalanco/alienvault-ossim/issues/4 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/17854 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/18283 · Telegram Post