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CVE-2024-38095: 
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Overview

.NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability was disclosed on July 9, 2024, identified as CVE-2024-38095. The vulnerability affects Microsoft .NET versions from 8.0.0 up to 8.0.7 and Visual Studio 2022 versions 17.4.0 through 17.4.21, 17.6.0 through 17.6.17, and 17.8.0 through 17.8.12 (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. This indicates that the vulnerability can be exploited over the network, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges or user interaction, has unchanged scope, and while it doesn't impact confidentiality or integrity, it has a high impact on availability (Ubuntu Security).

Impact

The vulnerability primarily affects system availability, with no impact on confidentiality or integrity. As a Denial of Service vulnerability, successful exploitation could potentially disrupt the normal operation of affected .NET applications and Visual Studio installations (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released patches to address this vulnerability. For .NET 8.0, the fix is included in version 8.0.7. Ubuntu has also released fixes for affected versions, including updates for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (8.0.107-8.0.7-0ubuntu1~24.04.1), 23.10 (8.0.107-8.0.7-0ubuntu1~23.10.1), and 22.04 LTS (8.0.107-8.0.7-0ubuntu1~22.04.1) (Ubuntu Security).

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Source: This report was generated using AI

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