Bug 2257696 (CVE-2024-20672)

Summary: CVE-2024-20672 dotnet: dotnet core Denial of Service Vulnerability
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: TEJ RATHI <trathi>
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A vulnerability was found in .NET due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. This flaw allows a remote attacker to pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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Description TEJ RATHI 2024-01-10 14:06:10 UTC
.NET Core and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20672

Comment 5 Omair Majid 2024-05-15 20:54:59 UTC
I have received word from Microsoft that this CVE does not apply to Linux.

Comment 6 Omair Majid 2024-05-29 15:22:40 UTC
https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/6.0/6.0.31/6.0.31.md#notable-changes says:

> CVE-2024-20672 | .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability
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> Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in .NET 8.0, .NET 7.0 and .NET 6.0. This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their applications to remove this vulnerability.
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> A vulnerability exists in .NET when processing X.509 certificates that may result in Denial of Service. This vulnerabilty only affects macOS.