ASP.NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2020-1597

7.5HIGH

Summary

A denial of service vulnerability exists when ASP.NET Core improperly handles web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a denial of service against an ASP.NET Core web application. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely, without authentication. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing specially crafted requests to the ASP.NET Core application. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the ASP.NET Core web application handles web requests.

Affected Version(s)

ASP.NET Core 2.1 Unknown 2.0

ASP.NET Core 3.1 Unknown 3.0

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) Unknown 15.9.0

References

EPSS Score

2% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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