Denial of Service Vulnerability in FreeNAS and TrueNAS by iXsystems
CVE-2020-11650
7.5HIGH
Key Information:
- Vendor
Ixsystems
- Status
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 8 April 2020
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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC
What is CVE-2020-11650?
A vulnerability exists in iXsystems FreeNAS and TrueNAS versions prior to 11.2-u8 and 11.3-U1 that exposes the authentication component to potential denial of service attacks. This is due to the lack of restrictions on the length of authentication messages and the rate of message submissions, allowing attackers to overwhelm the system and disrupt services.
Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)
PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.