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SCA: security update for System.Security.Cryptography.Xml (GHSA-rr3c-f55v-qhv5)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421894

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2 and 5.7 and
 .NET Core 1.0. 1.1 and 2.0 allow a denial of service vulnerability due to the way XML documents are
 processed, aka ".NET and .NET Core Denial Of Service Vulnerability". This CVE is unique from
 CVE-2018-0765. (CVE-2018-0764)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rr3c-f55v-qhv5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421894

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 8/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-0764

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0764

BID: 102387