CVE-2020-1161High

Microsoft security update for CVE-2020-1161

Published
May 12, 2020
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2020-1161 →

📋 Microsoft's advisory

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🎯 Affected products5

  • ASP.NET Core 3.1
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5

✅ Updates Microsoft lists: 4 updates

4 rows: one per KB article or update, update type and fixed build. Their details are on Microsoft's advisory.

KB articleUpdateFixed build
—Security Update—
—Security Update—
—Security Update—
—Security Update—

🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2020-1161

EchelonGraph score
7.5 HIGH
CISA KEV
Not listed
Fix status
A fix is available — apply it.

Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority

A denial of service vulnerability exists when ASP.NET Core improperly handles web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a denial of service against an ASP.NET Core web application. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely, without authentication. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing specially crafted requests to the ASP.NET Core application. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the ASP.NET Core web application handles web requests.

Published by Microsoft Corporation, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2020-1161, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).

🔗 References (11)