Security Update for Microsoft ASP.NET Core (November 2023) (CVE-2023-36558)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 185884

Synopsis

The remote Windows host is affected by a ASP.NET Core vulnerability

Description

The version of tested product installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by security feature bypass vulnerability as referenced in the vendor advisory.
- ASP.NET Core - Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2023-36558)

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

Solution

Update .NET Core, remove vulnerable packages and refer to vendor advisory.

See Also

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/6.0

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/7.0

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/8.0

https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/288

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36558

https://support.microsoft.com/help/5032883

https://support.microsoft.com/help/5032884

http://www.nessus.org/u?aac42578

http://www.nessus.org/u?5cacbbd5

http://www.nessus.org/u?1e233323

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 185884

File Name: smb_nt_ms23_nov_aspdotnet_core_cve-2023-36558.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 11/16/2023

Updated: 2/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-36558

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:asp.net_core

Required KB Items: installed_sw/ASP .NET Core Windows

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-36558

IAVA: 2023-A-0617-S