CVE-2022-29145
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

.NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2022-29145) is a security flaw affecting Microsoft's .NET framework and Visual Studio. The vulnerability was disclosed in May 2022 and affects multiple versions of .NET (5.0, 6.0.0, and 3.1) and Visual Studio (2019 and 2022) (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, indicating a network-accessible vulnerability with low attack complexity and no required privileges or user interaction (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability can result in a denial of service condition affecting the availability of the affected systems. The CVSS scoring indicates high impact on availability while maintaining confidentiality and integrity (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. The fix is included in .NET SDK 6.0.105 and Runtime 6.0.5. Users are advised to update to these versions or later (Fedora Update).

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