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RHEL 8 : .NET 6.0 (RHSA-2023:0079)
high Nessus Plugin ID 169918
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:0079 advisory.- dotnet: Parsing an empty HTTP response as a JSON.NET JObject causes a stack overflow and crashes a process (CVE-2023-21538)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?1aec9a38
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 169918
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-0079.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/11/2023
Updated: 4/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-21538
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:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-runtime-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-6.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-templates-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet6.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-21538