CVE-2020-3946 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

InstallBuilder AutoUpdate tool and regular installers enabling <checkForUpdates> built with versions earlier than 19.11 are vulnerable to Billion laughs attack (denial-of-service).

Published: 2020-04-20

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

VMware

InstallBuilder

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`All versions prior to version 19.11.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:installbuilder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-25211	InstallBuilder AutoUpdate tool and regular installers enabling <checkForUpdates> built with versions earlier than 19.11 are vulnerable to Billion laughs attack (denial-of-service).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01044.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.installbuilder.com/2019/12/configure-autoupdate-project-settings.html

History

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Subscriptions

Vmware Installbuilder

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2020-04-20T19:06:54.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T07:52:20.295Z

Reserved: 2019-12-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-3946

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-04-20T20:15:11.807

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:19:18.627

Link: CVE-2020-3946

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-776
Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')

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