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Security Update for .NET Core (November 2017) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 104664

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The Microsoft .NET Core runtime installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by a flaw due to a malformed certificate or other ASN.1 formatted data could lead to a denial of service via an infinite loop.
(CVE-2017-11770)

Solution

Upgrade to .NET core version 2.0.3 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/44

http://www.nessus.org/u?8087a4bb

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104664

File Name: macosx_ms17_nov_dotnet_core.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 11/17/2017

Updated: 11/12/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, 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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11770

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

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:.net_core

Required KB Items: installed_sw/.NET Core MacOS

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11770

BID: 101710