RHEL 8 : .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHSA-2019:2731)

high Nessus Plugin ID 128855

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2731 advisory.

- dotnet: System.Net.Sockets.dll Socket.ConnectAsync Denial of Service (CVE-2019-1301)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:2731.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?93107ccf

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2731

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1750793

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 128855

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-2731.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/16/2019

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1301

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-host, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-host-fxr-2.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-runtime-2.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-2.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-2.1.5xx, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1301

CWE: 20

RHSA: 2019:2731