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Security Updates for Microsoft .NET Core (January 2023)
high Nessus Plugin ID 169775
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Synopsis
The Microsoft .NET core installations on the remote host are affected by a denial of service vulnerability.Description
A denial of service vulnerability exists in .NET 6.0 where a malicious client could cause a stack overflow which may result in a denial of service attack when an attacker sends an invalid request to an exposed endpoint.Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update .NET 6.0 Runtime to version 6.0.13.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 169775
File Name: smb_nt_ms23_jan_dotnet_core.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 1/10/2023
Updated: 1/16/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-21538
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 7
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:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:.net_core
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/10/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-21538