AlmaLinux 8 : .NET 8.0 (ALSA-2024:7868)

high Nessus Plugin ID 208699

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:7868 advisory.

* dotnet: kestrel: closing an HTTP/3 stream can cause a race condition and lead to remote code execution (CVE-2024-38229)
* dotnet: Multiple .NET components susceptible to hash flooding (CVE-2024-43483)
* dotnet: System.IO.Packaging - Multiple DoS vectors in use of SortedList (CVE-2024-43484)
* dotnet: Denial of Service in System.Text.Json (CVE-2024-43485)

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.Security Fix(es):

* dotnet: System.IO.Packaging - Multiple DoS vectors in use of SortedList (CVE-2024-43484)
* dotnet: Multiple .NET components susceptible to hash flooding (CVE-2024-43483)
* dotnet: Denial of Service in System.Text.Json (CVE-2024-43485)
* dotnet: kestrel: closing an HTTP/3 stream can cause a race condition and lead to remote code execution (CVE-2024-38229)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-7868.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 208699

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-7868.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 10/10/2024

Updated: 11/15/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38229

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-hostfxr-8.0, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-sdk-8.0, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:aspnetcore-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-runtime-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:aspnetcore-runtime-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-sdk-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-host, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-templates-8.0, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-runtime-8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38229, CVE-2024-43483, CVE-2024-43484, CVE-2024-43485

CWE: 407, 416, 789

IAVA: 2024-A-0625-S