MS14-053: Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Denial of Service (2990931)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77573

Synopsis

The version of the .NET Framework installed on the remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The remote Windows host has a version of the Microsoft .NET Framework that is affected by a vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by sending specially crafted requests to an ASP.NET web application running on the affected system.

Note that ASP.NET is not installed by default and ASP.NET must be registered and enabled for the host to be affected.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for .NET Framework 1.1 SP1, 2.0 SP2, 3.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, and 4.5.2.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2014/ms14-053

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77573

File Name: smb_nt_ms14-053.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 9/10/2014

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/9/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4072

BID: 69603