CVE-2020-29540
API calls in the Translation API feature in Systran Pure Neural Server before 9.7.0 allow a threat actor to use the Systran Pure Neural Server as a Denial-of-Service proxy by sending a large amount of translation requests to a destination host on any…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
API calls in the Translation API feature in Systran Pure Neural Server before 9.7.0 allow a threat actor to use the Systran Pure Neural Server as a Denial-of-Service proxy by sending a large amount of translation requests to a destination host on any given TCP port regardless of whether a web service is running on the destination port.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.19% probability · 66th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- systransoft/pure neural server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://grave-rose.medium.com/two-systran-vulnerabilities-and-their-exploits-8bc83ba29e14Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.systransoft.com/translation-products/systran-pure-neural-server/Product
- https://grave-rose.medium.com/two-systran-vulnerabilities-and-their-exploits-8bc83ba29e14Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.systransoft.com/translation-products/systran-pure-neural-server/Product
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.