Denial of service in Microsoft .NET Core and Visual Studio



Published: 2023-09-13
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-36799
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		Visual Studio
Universal components / Libraries / Software for developers

.NET
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU80730

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36799

CWE-ID:

Exploit availability:

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in .NET Core and Visual Studio. A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Visual Studio: before 17.7.4 17.7.34031.279

.NET: before 7.0.11

Fixed software versions

CPE2.3 External links

http://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2023-36799


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?



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