Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in .NET and Visual Studio - CVE-2024-38167

Vulnerability identifier: #VU95920

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38167

CWE-ID: CWE-319

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to software uses insecure communication channel to transmit sensitive information in .NET and Visual Studio. A remote attacker can gain access to sensitive data.

.NET
Visual Studio
Ubuntu
Fedora
Orion Platform
aspnetcore-runtime-8.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet-host-8.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet-hostfxr-8.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet-runtime-8.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet-sdk-8.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet8.0
dotnet8 (Ubuntu package)

Install updates from vendor's website.

Orion Platform - update to 2024.4.1
aspnetcore-runtime-8.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 8.0.8-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 8.0.8-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
dotnet-host-8.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 8.0.8-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 8.0.8-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
dotnet-hostfxr-8.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 8.0.8-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 8.0.8-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
dotnet-runtime-8.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 8.0.8-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 8.0.8-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
dotnet-sdk-8.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 8.0.108-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 8.0.108-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
dotnet8.0 - addressed in versions 8.0.108-1.fc39, 8.0.108-1.fc40
dotnet8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 8.0.108-8.0.8-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 8.0.108-8.0.8-0ubuntu1~24.04.1

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38167

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft .NET and Visual Studio
• Ubuntu update for dotnet8
• Fedora 40 update for dotnet8.0
• Fedora 39 update for dotnet8.0
• Multiple vulnerabilities in SolarWinds Platform