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CVE-2023-21538

Published: Jan 10, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-502
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.7%
Top 15.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

.NET Denial of Service Vulnerability

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-502NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

NuGet
package-ecosystem
Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm
OSS Libraries
Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm64
OSS Libraries
Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm
OSS Libraries
Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm64
OSS Libraries
Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-x64
OSS Libraries
Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.linux-x64
OSS Libraries
Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.osx-arm64
OSS Libraries
Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.osx-x64
OSS Libraries
Microsoft Corp
commercial·USaka microsoft, microsoft corporation
.NETLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
PowerShellOn-prem
Operating Systems / windows
.NET 6.0LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
PowerShell 7.2On-prem
Operating Systems / windows
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Fedora Project
oss-project·USaka fedora
FedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Novell Inc.
commercial·US
SUSE Liberty LinuxOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

3 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/security/advisories/GHSA-8f7f-vqg5-jrv9
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21538
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/dotnet/runtime
github.com
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