SB2017071124 - Denial of service in Microsoft .NET Framework
Published: July 11, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017071124
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8585)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to improper handling of web requests by Microsoft Common Object Runtime Library in .NET application. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted requests and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.