CVE-2020-1597

high

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when ASP.NET Core improperly handles web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a denial of service against an ASP.NET Core web application. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely, without authentication. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing specially crafted requests to the ASP.NET Core application. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the ASP.NET Core web application handles web requests.

References

https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsoft-s-august-2020-patch-tuesday-addresses-120-cves-cve-2020-1337

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1597

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZW4CBI26KSO3PRL3HLVVISXPPOYUHSXO/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WH5FQ5VT3JGHXFXOETHCTBWJUIAPGHHT/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-08-17

Updated: 2024-01-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High