USN-6480-1: .NET vulnerabilities

15 November 2023

Several security issues were fixed in .NET.

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Releases

Packages

  • dotnet6 - dotNET CLI tools and runtime
  • dotnet7 - dotNET CLI tools and runtime
  • dotnet8 - dotNET CLI tools and runtime

Details

Barry Dorrans discovered that .NET did not properly implement certain
security features for Blazor server forms. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to bypass validation, which could trigger unintended
actions. (CVE-2023-36558)

Piotr Bazydlo discovered that .NET did not properly handle untrusted
URIs provided to System.Net.WebRequest.Create. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to inject arbitrary commands to backend FTP servers.
(CVE-2023-36049)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 23.10
Ubuntu 23.04
Ubuntu 22.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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