Privilege Escalation Affecting system.net.security package, versions [,4.0.1) [4.3,4.3.1)
Attack Complexity
Low
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snyk-id
SNYK-DOTNET-SYSTEMNETSECURITY-60071
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published
12 May 2017
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disclosed
12 May 2017
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credit
Unknown
Introduced: 12 May 2017
CVE-2017-0249 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade System.Net.Security to version 4.0.1, 4.3.1 or higher.
Overview
System.Net.Security provides types, such as System.Net.Security.SslStream, that uses SSL/TLS protocols to provide secure network communication between client and server endpoints.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to failing to properly sanitize web requests,