CVE-2024-38095: Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2024-38095 | .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability

July 9, 2024

Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in .NET 6.0 and .NET 8.0. This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their applications to remove this vulnerability.

A Vulnerability exists when System.Formats.Asn1 in .NET parses an X.509 certificate or collection of certificates, a malicious certificate can result in excessive CPU consumption on all platforms result in Denial of Service.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-447r-wph3-92pm
github.com/dotnet/runtime
github.com/dotnet/runtime/security/advisories/GHSA-447r-wph3-92pm
msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38095
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38095

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