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.NET Denial of Service Vulnerability

Critical
rbhanda published GHSA-x459-p2rx-f8ff Feb 8, 2022

Package

Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.dll (Binary)

Affected versions

< 6.0.2, <5.0.14

Patched versions

6.0.2, 5.0.14

Description

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

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in .NET 6.0 and .NET 5.0 when the Kestrel web server processes certain HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 requests.

Affected Software

  • Any .NET 6.0 application running on .NET 6.0.1 or lower.
  • Any .NET 5.0 application running on .NET 5.0.13 or lower.

Patches

To fix the issue, please install the latest version of .NET 6.0 or .NET 5.0. If you have installed one or more .NET SDKs through Visual Studio, Visual Studio will prompt you to update Visual Studio, which will also update your .NET SDKs.

.NET 6.0 and .NET 5.0 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

Severity

Critical

CVE ID

CVE-2022-21986

Weaknesses

No CWEs