Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity in .NET and Visual Studio - CVE-2024-43485

 

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity in .NET and Visual Studio - CVE-2024-43485

Published: October 9, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU98267
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-2024-43485
CWE-ID: CWE-407
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to inefficient algorithmic complexity in .NET and Visual Studio. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

.NET
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak
Visual Studio
Oracle Linux
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 Power, little endian
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Ubuntu
IBM Process Mining
IBM Robotic Process Automation
Orion Platform
dotnet-targeting-pack-6.0
dotnet-runtime-6.0
dotnet-hostfxr-6.0
dotnet-host
dotnet-apphost-pack-6.0
aspnetcore-targeting-pack-6.0
aspnetcore-runtime-6.0
dotnet6 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet-sdk-6.0 (Ubuntu package)
aspnetcore-runtime-6.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet-host (Ubuntu package)
dotnet-hostfxr-6.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet-runtime-6.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet6.0 (Red Hat package)
netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1
dotnet-sdk-6.0
dotnet
dotnet-sdk-6.0-source-built-artifacts
dotnet-templates-6.0
aspnetcore-runtime-8.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet-runtime-8.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet-hostfxr-8.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet-host-8.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet-sdk-8.0 (Ubuntu package)
dotnet8.0 (Red Hat package)
dotnet8 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2024-43485

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM Process Mining - update to 2.0
Orion Platform - update to 2024.4.1
dotnet-targeting-pack-6.0 - update to 6.0.35-1.0.1
dotnet-runtime-6.0 - update to 6.0.35-1.0.1
dotnet-hostfxr-6.0 - update to 6.0.35-1.0.1
dotnet-host - update to 6.0.35-1.0.1
dotnet-apphost-pack-6.0 - update to 6.0.35-1.0.1
aspnetcore-targeting-pack-6.0 - update to 6.0.35-1.0.1
aspnetcore-runtime-6.0 - update to 6.0.35-1.0.1
dotnet6 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.0.135-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
dotnet-sdk-6.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.0.135-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
aspnetcore-runtime-6.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.0.135-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
dotnet-host (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.0.135-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
dotnet-hostfxr-6.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.0.135-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
dotnet-runtime-6.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.0.135-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
dotnet6.0 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 6.0.135-1.el8_6, 6.0.135-1.el8_8, 6.0.135-1.el8_10, 6.0.135-1.el9_0, 6.0.135-1.el9_2, 6.0.135-1.el9_4
netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1 - update to 6.0.135-1.0.1
dotnet-sdk-6.0 - update to 6.0.135-1.0.1
dotnet - update to 6.0.135-1.0.1
dotnet-sdk-6.0-source-built-artifacts - update to 6.0.135-1.0.1
dotnet-templates-6.0 - update to 6.0.135-1.0.1
aspnetcore-runtime-8.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 8.0.10-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 8.0.10-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
dotnet-runtime-8.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 8.0.10-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 8.0.10-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
dotnet-hostfxr-8.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 8.0.10-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 8.0.10-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
dotnet-host-8.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 8.0.10-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 8.0.10-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
dotnet-sdk-8.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 8.0.110-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 8.0.110-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
dotnet8.0 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 8.0.110-1.el8_10, 8.0.110-1.el9_4
dotnet8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 8.0.110-8.0.10-0ubuntu1~22.04.1, 8.0.110-8.0.10-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
IBM Robotic Process Automation - addressed in versions 21.0.7.19, 23.0.19
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak - addressed in versions 21.0.7.19, 23.0.19

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