CVE-2020-11862 Insecure renegotiation in SSL protocol caused Denial of service attack in Privileged Account Manager
An attacker can cause a denial of service in OpenText NetIQ Privileged Account Manager by exploiting insecure SSL renegotiation to flood resources.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-11862?
CVE-2020-11862 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in OpenText NetIQ Privileged Account Manager, published on 13 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in OpenText NetIQ Privileged Account Manager on Linux, Windows, 64 bit allows Flooding.This issue affects NetIQ Privileged Account Manager: before 3.7.0.2.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11862?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Opentext Netiq Privileged Account Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2020-11862?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11862 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-11862 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11862 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-62w7-cw4j-pjqv.