Input validation error in Microsoft products - CVE-2023-38180

 

Input validation error in Microsoft products - CVE-2023-38180

Published: August 8, 2023 / Updated: August 10, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU79145
CSH Severity: High
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-2023-38180
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

Vulnerability details

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. A remote attacker can send  specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.


Affected software

.NET
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak
Visual Studio
ASP.NET Core
Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Anolis OS
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Ubuntu
Fedora
aspnetcore-runtime-6.0
aspnetcore-targeting-pack-6.0
dotnet-targeting-pack-6.0
dotnet-apphost-pack-6.0
dotnet-host
dotnet-runtime-6.0
dotnet-hostfxr-6.0
dotnet6 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet-sdk-6.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet-runtime-6.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet-hostfxr-6.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet-host (Ubuntu package)
aspnetcore-runtime-6.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet6.0
rh-dotnet60-dotnet (Red Hat package)
dotnet6.0 (Red Hat package)
netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1
dotnet-templates-6.0
dotnet
dotnet-sdk-6.0-source-built-artifacts
dotnet-sdk-6.0
dotnet7 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet-sdk-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet-runtime-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet-hostfxr-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet-host-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
aspnetcore-runtime-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet7.0 (Red Hat package)
dotnet7.0

How to mitigate CVE-2023-38180

Install updates from vendor's website.

.NET - addressed in versions 6.0.21, 7.0.10
Visual Studio - addressed in versions 17.2.18 17.2.33927.290, 17.4.10 17.4.33927.135, 17.6.6 17.6.33927.249
ASP.NET Core - update to 2.1.40
aspnetcore-runtime-6.0 - update to 6.0.21-1.0.1
aspnetcore-targeting-pack-6.0 - update to 6.0.21-1.0.1
dotnet-targeting-pack-6.0 - update to 6.0.21-1.0.1
dotnet-apphost-pack-6.0 - update to 6.0.21-1.0.1
dotnet-host - update to 6.0.21-1.0.1
dotnet-runtime-6.0 - update to 6.0.21-1.0.1
dotnet-hostfxr-6.0 - update to 6.0.21-1.0.1
dotnet6 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.0.121-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 6.0.121-0ubuntu1~23.04.1
dotnet-sdk-6.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.0.121-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 6.0.121-0ubuntu1~23.04.1
dotnet-runtime-6.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.0.121-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 6.0.121-0ubuntu1~23.04.1
dotnet-hostfxr-6.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.0.121-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 6.0.121-0ubuntu1~23.04.1
dotnet-host (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.0.121-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 6.0.121-0ubuntu1~23.04.1
aspnetcore-runtime-6.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.0.121-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 6.0.121-0ubuntu1~23.04.1
dotnet6.0 - update to 6.0.121-1
rh-dotnet60-dotnet (Red Hat package) - update to 6.0.121-1.el7_9
dotnet6.0 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 6.0.121-1.el8_6, 6.0.121-1.el8_8, 6.0.121-1.el9_0, 6.0.121-1.el9_2
dotnet6.0 - addressed in versions 6.0.121-1.fc37, 6.0.121-1.fc38
netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1 - update to 6.0.121-1.0.1
dotnet-templates-6.0 - update to 6.0.121-1.0.1
dotnet - update to 6.0.121-1.0.1
dotnet-sdk-6.0-source-built-artifacts - update to 6.0.121-1.0.1
dotnet-sdk-6.0 - update to 6.0.121-1.0.1
dotnet7 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.110-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 7.0.110-0ubuntu1~23.04.1
dotnet-sdk-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.110-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 7.0.110-0ubuntu1~23.04.1
dotnet-runtime-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.110-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 7.0.110-0ubuntu1~23.04.1
dotnet-hostfxr-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.110-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 7.0.110-0ubuntu1~23.04.1
dotnet-host-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.110-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 7.0.110-0ubuntu1~23.04.1
aspnetcore-runtime-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.110-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 7.0.110-0ubuntu1~23.04.1
dotnet7.0 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 7.0.110-1.el8_8, 7.0.110-1.el9_2
dotnet7.0 - addressed in versions 7.0.110-1.fc37, 7.0.110-1.fc38
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak - addressed in versions 21.0.7.9, 23.0.9

External References

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