GMS-2018-38: Moderate severity vulnerability that affects Microsoft.AspNetCore.All, Microsoft.AspNetCore.App, and Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core

October 16, 2018 (updated December 3, 2021)

Microsoft is aware of a denial of service vulnerability in ASP.NET Core when a malformed request is terminated. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a denial of service attack.

The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how ASP.NET Core handles such requests.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-cgpw-2gph-2r9g
github.com/aspnet/Announcements/issues/311

Code Behaviors & Features

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