Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') Affecting microsoft.aspnetcore.app.runtime.win-x64 package, versions [8.0.0,8.0.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTASPNETCOREAPPRUNTIMEWINX64-7678625
  • published14 Aug 2024
  • disclosed13 Aug 2024
  • creditBrennan Conroy

Introduced: 13 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-38168  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64 to version 8.0.8 or higher.

Overview

Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64 is a package providing a default set of APIs for building an ASP.NET Core application. Contains assets used for self-contained deployments.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') through the ASP.NET HTTP.sys web server. An attacker can cause a denial of service by sending unauthenticated requests that overwhelm the system.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1