RHEL 7 : .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHSA-2018:0379)

high Nessus Plugin ID 107114

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for rh-dotnet20-dotnet, rh-dotnetcore10-dotnetcore, and rh-dotnetcore11-dotnetcore is now available for .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

.NET Core is a managed software framework. It implements a subset of the .NET framework APIs and includes a CLR implementation.

New versions of .NET Core that address several security vulnerabilities are now available. The updated versions are .NET Core 1.0.9, 1.1.6, and 2.0.5.

Security Fix(es) :

* .NET Core: Improper processing of XML documents can cause a denial of service (CVE-2018-0764)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/52

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0379

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-0764

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 107114

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-0379.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/2/2018

Updated: 10/24/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnet20-dotnet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnet20-dotnet-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnet20-dotnet-host, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnet20-dotnet-runtime-2.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnet20-dotnet-sdk-2.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnetcore10-dotnetcore, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnetcore10-dotnetcore-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnetcore11-dotnetcore, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnetcore11-dotnetcore-debuginfo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 3/1/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0764

RHSA: 2018:0379