Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2024-38168 | .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability
Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in .NET 8.0. This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their applications to remove this vulnerability.
A vulnerability exists in .NET when an attacker through unauthenticated requests may trigger a Denial of Service in ASP.NET HTTP.sys web server. This is a windows OS only vulnerability.
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
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cwe_id
937
name
OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
description
Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013.
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cwe_id
1035
name
OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
description
Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017.