#VU6541 Denial of service in ASP.NET Core MVC - CVE-2017-0247
Published: May 15, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6541
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0247
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ASP.NET Core MVC
ASP.NET Core MVC
Software vendor:
Microsoft
Microsoft
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper validation of user-input requests by ASP.NET Core. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted web request and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to improper validation of user-input requests by ASP.NET Core. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted web request and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.