HIGH 7.5 NuGet

.NET Denial of Service Vulnerability

GHSA-485p-mrj5-8w2v · BIT-dotnet-2022-23267 · BIT-dotnet-sdk-2022-23267 · BIT-powershell-2022-23267 · CVE-2022-23267

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Description

Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in .NET 6.0, .NET 5.0 and .NET Core 3.1. This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their applications to remove this vulnerability.

A vulnerability exists in .NET 6.0, .NET 5.0 and .NET Core 3.1 where a malicious client can cause a Denial of Service via excess memory allocations through HttpClient.

Affected software

  • Any .NET 6.0 application running on .NET 6.0.4 or earlier.
  • Any .NET 5.0 application running .NET 5.0.16 or earlier.
  • Any .NET Core 3.1 applicaiton running on .NET Core 3.1.24 or earlier.

Patches

.NET 6.0, .NET 5.0 and .NET Core 3.1 updates are also available from Microsoft Update. To access this either type "Check for updates" in your Windows search, or open Settings, choose Update & Security and then click Check for Updates.

Other Details

Announcement for this issue can be found at https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/221
An Issue for this can be found at https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/69149
MSRC details for this can be found at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23267

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