ASP.NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability (January 2019)

high Nessus Plugin ID 121109

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Synopsis

The Microsoft ASP.NET Core Hosting Bundle installation on the remote host contains vulnerable package.

Description

A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in ASP.NET Core Hosting Bundle module AspNetCoreModule (ANCM) due to improper handling of web requests. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue, via specially crafted requests, to cause the hosted application to stop responding..

Solution

Update ASP.NET Core, remove vulnerable packages and refer to vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121109

File Name: smb_nt_ms19_jan_aspdotnet_core_CVE-2019-0548.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 1/11/2019

Updated: 1/25/2022

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

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-2019-0548

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:asp.net_core

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0548

BID: 106410

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