# 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 Serv

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-12-08 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## Related

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## References

- https://www.systransoft.com/translation-products/systran-pure-neural-server/
- https://grave-rose.medium.com/two-systran-vulnerabilities-and-their-exploits-8bc83ba29e14

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