1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6006-1

USN-6006-1: .NET vulnerability

Publication date

11 April 2023

Overview

.NET could be made to run programs as your login.

Releases

Packages

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

Details

It was discovered that .NET did not properly manage dll files. An
attacker could potentially use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that .NET did not properly manage dll files. An
attacker could potentially use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.10 kinetic aspnetcore-runtime-6.0 –  6.0.116-0ubuntu1~22.10.1
dotnet-hostfxr-7.0 –  7.0.105-0ubuntu1~22.10.1
dotnet-hostfxr-6.0 –  6.0.116-0ubuntu1~22.10.1
dotnet-host –  6.0.116-0ubuntu1~22.10.1
dotnet-sdk-6.0 –  6.0.116-0ubuntu1~22.10.1
dotnet-sdk-7.0 –  7.0.105-0ubuntu1~22.10.1
dotnet7 –  7.0.105-0ubuntu1~22.10.1
dotnet6 –  6.0.116-0ubuntu1~22.10.1
aspnetcore-runtime-7.0 –  7.0.105-0ubuntu1~22.10.1
dotnet-runtime-7.0 –  7.0.105-0ubuntu1~22.10.1
dotnet-runtime-6.0 –  6.0.116-0ubuntu1~22.10.1
dotnet-host-7.0 –  7.0.105-0ubuntu1~22.10.1
22.04 jammy aspnetcore-runtime-6.0 –  6.0.116-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
dotnet-hostfxr-6.0 –  6.0.116-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
dotnet6 –  6.0.116-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
dotnet-runtime-6.0 –  6.0.116-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
dotnet-sdk-6.0 –  6.0.116-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
dotnet-host –  6.0.116-0ubuntu1~22.04.1

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