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RHEL 8 : .NET 6.0 (RHSA-2023:0079)
high Nessus Plugin ID 169918
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:0079 advisory..NET is a managed-software framework. It implements a subset of the .NET framework APIs and several new APIs, and it includes a CLR implementation.
New versions of .NET that address a security vulnerability are now available. The updated versions are .NET SDK 6.0.113 and .NET Runtime 6.0.13.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: dotnet6.0 (6.0.113). (BZ#2154458)
Security Fix(es):
* dotnet: Parsing an empty HTTP response as a JSON.NET JObject causes a stack overflow and crashes a process (CVE-2023-21538)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
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
http://www.nessus.org/u?9e89ac9c
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 169918
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-0079.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/11/2023
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
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: 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-targeting-pack-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-runtime-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-6.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-templates-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-6.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-21538