First published: Mon Jul 19 2021(Updated: )
A memory leak vulnerability in sim-organizer.c of AlienVault Ossim v5 causes a denial of service (DOS) via a system crash triggered by the occurrence of a large number of alarm events.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Att Alienvault Ossim | =5.0 |
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The vulnerability ID of this memory leak vulnerability is CVE-2020-22650.
The title of this memory leak vulnerability is 'A memory leak vulnerability in sim-organizer.c of AlienVault Ossim v5 causes a denial of service (DOS)'.
The impact of this memory leak vulnerability is a denial of service (DOS) through a system crash caused by a large number of alarm events.
The AlienVault Ossim version 5.0 is affected by this memory leak vulnerability.
The severity of this memory leak vulnerability is high with a CVSS score of 7.5.
To fix this memory leak vulnerability, you should apply the latest patch or update provided by AlienVault Ossim.
Yes, you can find additional information about this memory leak vulnerability at the following reference: [GitHub - AlienVault Ossim Issue #4](https://github.com/jpalanco/alienvault-ossim/issues/4).
The Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) ID associated with this memory leak vulnerability is CWE-401.