High, CVSS 7.5Exploited · CISA KEVNuGetPublished
.NET Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2023-38180 · GHSA-vmch-3w2x-vhgq
- Affected
- NuGet microsoft.aspnetcore.server.kestrel.transport.sockets <= 2.1.39
- Fixed in
- 2.1.40· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2023-38180: .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability <a name="executive-summary"</aExecutive summary Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in ASP.NET Core 2.1, .NET 6.0, and .NET 7.0. This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their applications to remove this vulnerability. A vulnerability exists in Kestrel where, on detecting a potentially malicious client, Kestrel will sometimes fail to disconnect it, resulting in denial of service. Announcement Announcement for this issue can be found at https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/269 <a name="mitigation-factors"</aMitigation factors If your application is running behind a reverse proxy, or Web Application Firewall, which has its own mitigations against HTTP based attacks this issue may be mitigated by the proxy or WAF <a name="affected-software"</aAffected software Any .NET 7.0 application running on .NET 7.0.8 or…
Recommended action: Upgrade to 2.1.40 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.