AlmaLinux 9 : .NET 9.0 (ALSA-2024:9543)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 211577

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:9543 advisory.

* dotnet: Type confusion vulnerability leads to AV in .NET Core NrbfDecoder component (CVE-2024-43498)
* dotnet: .NET Core - DoS - (unbounded work factor) in NrbfDecoder component (CVE-2024-43499)


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: Type confusion vulnerability leads to AV in .NET Core NrbfDecoder component (CVE-2024-43498)
* dotnet: .NET Core - DoS - (unbounded work factor) in NrbfDecoder component (CVE-2024-43499)

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/9/ALSA-2024-9543.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9543

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 211577

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-9543.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 11/19/2024

Updated: 11/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-43498

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-hostfxr-9.0, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-sdk-aot-9.0, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-sdk-9.0, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-9.0, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-9.0, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-host, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-runtime-dbg-9.0, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-sdk-9.0-source-built-artifacts, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-9.0, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-sdk-dbg-9.0, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:aspnetcore-runtime-9.0, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:aspnetcore-runtime-dbg-9.0, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-runtime-9.0, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dotnet-templates-9.0, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos

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: 11/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-43498, CVE-2024-43499

CWE: 704

IAVA: 2024-A-0726

RHSA: 2024:9543