CVE-2020-11462

Published May 4, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in OpenVPN Access Server before 2.7.0 and 2.8.x before 2.8.3. With the full featured RPC2 interface enabled, it is possible to achieve a temporary DoS state of the management interface when sending an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) payload to the XMLRPC based RPC2 interface. The duration of the DoS state depends on available memory and CPU speed. The default restricted mode of the RPC2 interface is NOT vulnerable.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-3816 An issue was discovered in OpenVPN Access Server before 2.7.0 and 2.8.x before 2.8.3. With the full featured RPC2 interface enabled, it is possible to achieve a temporary DoS state of the management interface when sending an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) payload to the XMLRPC based RPC2 interface. The duration of the DoS state depends on available memory and CPU speed. The default restricted mode of the RPC2 interface is NOT vulnerable.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 11:28 AM
Reserved
Apr 1, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 4, 2020, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:50 AM