CVE-2015-1672 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in .NET Framework via crafted encrypted XML data, requiring patches for affected versions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-1672?
CVE-2015-1672 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft .Net Framework, published on 13 May 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4, 4.5, 4.5.1, and 4.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (recursion and performance degradation) via crafted encrypted data in an XML document, aka ".NET XML Decryption Denial of Service Vulnerability."
Weakness: CWE-310
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1672?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft .Net Framework.
How do I fix CVE-2015-1672?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-1672 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-1672 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1672 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft .Net Framework
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7x8j-j3w7-357h.