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CVE-2017-11770: Improper Certificate Validation

April 12, 2022

.NET Core 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 allow an unauthenticated attacker to remotely cause a denial of service attack against a .NET Core web application by improperly parsing certificate data. A denial of service vulnerability exists when .NET Core improperly handles parsing certificate data, aka “.NET CORE Denial Of Service Vulnerability”.

References

  • www.securityfocus.com/bid/101710
  • www.securitytracker.com/id/1039787
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3248
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-7mfr-774f-w5r9
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11770
  • portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11770

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 4.0.0 before 4.1.2

Fixed versions

  • 4.1.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.1.2 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation

Source file

nuget/System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates/CVE-2017-11770.yml

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