Access Restriction Bypass Affecting system.servicemodel.primitives package, versions [4.0.0,4.1.2)[4.3,4.3.2)[4.4,4.4.3)[4.5,4.5.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DOTNET-SYSTEMSERVICEMODELPRIMITIVES-60253
  • published11 Jul 2018
  • disclosed9 Jul 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-8356  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade system.servicemodel.primitives to version 4.1.2, 4.3.2, 4.4.3, 4.5.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of system.servicemodel.primitives are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. It does not correctly validate certificates. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could present an expired certificate when challenged.

Note: If an application does not use Windows Communication Foundation you are not affected.

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