CVE-2020-0602: ASP.NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
N/A
Category
Denial of Service
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
Less Likely
Patch Tuesday
2020-Jan
Released
2020-01-14
EPSS Score
4.03% (percentile: 88.5%)

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when ASP.NET Core improperly handles web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a denial of service against an ASP.NET Core web application. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely, without authentication. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing specially crafted requests to the ASP.NET Core application. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the ASP.NET Core web application handles web requests.

Affected Products (3)

Developer Tools

  • ASP.NET Core 2.1
  • ASP.NET Core 3.0
  • ASP.NET Core 3.1

Security Updates (3)

Acknowledgments

Tom Deseyn of <a href="https://www.redhat.com/">Red Hat</a>

Revision History

  • 2020-01-14: Information published.