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CentOS 8 : .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (CESA-2019:2731)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145611

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-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 affected packages.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145611

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2019-2731.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/29/2021

Updated: 3/23/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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:centos:centos:dotnet-runtime-2.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-sdk-2.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-host-fxr-2.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-host, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-sdk-2.1.5xx

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1301

RHSA: 2019:2731