An issue was discovered in OSSEC 3.6.0. An uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in os_xml.c occurs when a large number of opening and closing XML tags is used. Because recursion is used in _ReadElem without restriction, an attacker can trigger a segmentation fault once unmapped memory is reached.
References
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https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1953 | Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
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History
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Information
Published : 2021-03-05 18:15
Updated : 2024-02-28 18:08
NVD link : CVE-2021-28040
Mitre link : CVE-2021-28040
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-28040
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Products Affected
ossec
- ossec
CWE
CWE-674
Uncontrolled Recursion