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A.Net regressions update has been released for Ubuntu Linux 23.10.



[USN-6438-2] .Net regressions


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6438-2
October 25, 2023

.Net regressions
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 23.10

Summary:

An incomplete fix was discovered in .Net.

Software Description:
- dotnet6: dotNET CLI tools and runtime
- dotnet7: dotNET CLI tools and runtime

Details:

USN-6438-1 fixed vulnerabilities in .Net. It was discovered that the fix
for [CVE-2023-36799]( https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-36799) was incomplete. This update fixes the problem.

Original advisory details:

Kevin Jones discovered that .NET did not properly process certain
X.509 certificates. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-36799)

It was discovered that the .NET Kestrel web server did not properly
handle HTTP/2 requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-44487)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 23.10:
aspnetcore-runtime-6.0 6.0.124-0ubuntu1~23.10.1
aspnetcore-runtime-7.0 7.0.113-0ubuntu1~23.10.1
dotnet-host 6.0.124-0ubuntu1~23.10.1
dotnet-host-7.0 7.0.113-0ubuntu1~23.10.1
dotnet-hostfxr-6.0 6.0.124-0ubuntu1~23.10.1
dotnet-hostfxr-7.0 7.0.113-0ubuntu1~23.10.1
dotnet-runtime-6.0 6.0.124-0ubuntu1~23.10.1
dotnet-runtime-7.0 7.0.113-0ubuntu1~23.10.1
dotnet-sdk-6.0 6.0.124-0ubuntu1~23.10.1
dotnet-sdk-7.0 7.0.113-0ubuntu1~23.10.1
dotnet6 6.0.124-0ubuntu1~23.10.1
dotnet7 7.0.113-0ubuntu1~23.10.1

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

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6438-2
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6438-1
CVE-2023-36799, https://launchpad.net/bugs/2040207, https://launchpad.net/bugs/2040208

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dotnet6/6.0.124-0ubuntu1~23.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dotnet7/7.0.113-0ubuntu1~23.10.1