.NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2023-38180

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Microsoft
Status
Asp.net Core 2.1
.net 6.0
.net 7.0
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.2
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 August 2023

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🦅 CISA Reported

Summary

A security weakness in .NET and Visual Studio that allows attackers to exploit the system, potentially leading to denial of service conditions. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to create a denial of service situation, interrupting services reliant on these platforms. Users are encouraged to review the vendor advisory for mitigation strategies.

CISA Reported

CISA provides regional cyber and physical services to support security and resilience across the United States. CISA monitor the most dangerious vulnerabilities and have identifed as being exploited but is not known by the CISA to be used in ransomware campaigns. This is subject to change at pace

The CISA's recommendation is: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Affected Version(s)

.NET 6.0 Unknown 6.0.0 < 6.0.21

.NET 7.0 Unknown 7.0.0 < 7.0.10

ASP.NET Core 2.1 Unknown 2.0 < 2.1.40

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE...
vendor-advisory

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

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • 🦅

    CISA Reported

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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