Microsoft .NET Core Hash Collision input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft .NET Core. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Hash Handler. The manipulation leads to input validation (Collision). This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-0875. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft .NET Core (version now known). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Hash Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability (Collision). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

.NET Core 1.0, .NET Core 1.1, NET Core 2.0 and PowerShell Core 6.0.0 allow a denial of Service vulnerability due to how specially crafted requests are handled, aka ".NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability".

The bug was discovered 03/13/2018. The weakness was presented 03/13/2018 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-0875 since 12/01/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the way that .NET Core handles specially crafted requests, causing a hash collision.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 108395 (RHEL 7 : .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHSA-2018:0522)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370820 (Microsoft .NET CORE Hash Collision Denial Of Service Vulnerability March 2018).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (108395) and SecurityFocus (BID 103225†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Name: Collision
Class: Input validation / Collision
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 108395
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHSA-2018:0522)
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OpenVAS ID: 830465
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft PowerShell Core Denial of Service Vulnerability (Linux)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: RHSA-2018:0522
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-0875 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-0875
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-114533

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SecurityFocus: 103225 - Microsoft .NET CVE-2018-0875 Denial Of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1040505

Entryinfo

Created: 03/14/2018 11:15
Updated: 02/21/2023 19:17
Changes: 03/14/2018 11:15 (77), 01/13/2020 13:22 (5), 02/04/2021 18:27 (2), 02/21/2023 19:17 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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