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

high Nessus Plugin ID 123974

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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 AspNetCoreModuleV2 (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 AspNetCoreModuleV2 (ANCM) as per vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 123974

File Name: smb_nt_ms19_apr_aspdotnet_core_CVE-2019-0815.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/10/2019

Updated: 1/25/2022

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

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-2019-0815

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, SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0815

BID: 107701

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