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Amazon Linux 2023 : aspnetcore-runtime-8.0, aspnetcore-runtime-dbg-8.0, aspnetcore-targeting-pack-8.0 (ALAS2023-2025-844)
high Nessus Plugin ID 216799
Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.Description
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-844 advisory..NET and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2025-21172)
.NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2025-21173)
.NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2025-21176)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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
Run 'dnf update dotnet8.0 --releasever 2023.6.20250218' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2025-844.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2025-21172.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2025-21173.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 216799
File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2025-844.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 2/26/2025
Updated: 2/26/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
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-2025-21176
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet8.0-debugsource, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-templates-8.0, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-sdk-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-host, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:aspnetcore-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-hostfxr-8.0, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-runtime-8.0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-runtime-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet8.0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-sdk-8.0, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-8.0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:aspnetcore-runtime-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-host-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-hostfxr-8.0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-sdk-8.0-debuginfo
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-21172, CVE-2025-21173, CVE-2025-21176
IAVA: 2025-A-0028