Security Updates for Microsoft .NET core (May 2022)

high Nessus Plugin ID 161167

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Synopsis

The Microsoft .NET core installations on the remote host are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft .NET core installations on the remote host are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities:

- A vulnerability where a malicious client can cause a denial of service via excess memory allocations through HttpClient. (CVE-2022-23267)

- A vulnerability where a malicious client can manipulate cookies and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-29117)

- A vulnerability where a malicious client can cause a denial of service when HTML forms are parsed. (CVE-2022-29145)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update .NET Core Runtime to version 3.1.25, 5.0.17 or 6.0.5.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 161167

File Name: smb_nt_ms22_may_dotnet_core.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 5/13/2022

Updated: 10/27/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29145

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:.net_core

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/10/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23267, CVE-2022-29117, CVE-2022-29145

IAVA: 2022-A-0201-S

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