Denial of service in Microsoft .NET Framework - CVE-2014-0253

 

Denial of service in Microsoft .NET Framework - CVE-2014-0253

Published: January 19, 2017 / Updated: March 11, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU5042
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0253
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS conditions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to the failure to properly identify stale or closed HTTP client connections within Microsoft ASP.NET. By sending a specially crafted HTTP POST request, a remote attacker can cause the server to stop responding.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

Affected software

Microsoft .NET Framework

How to mitigate CVE-2014-0253

Install update from vendor's website.


External References

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