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Microsoft PowerShell Core Denial of Service Vulnerability (Linux)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
6 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is missing an important security update for PowerShell Core according to Microsoft security update March 2018.
Insight
Insight
The flaw exists when .NET Core improperly handles specially crafted requests causing a hash collision.
Affected Software
Affected Software
PowerShell Core version 6.0.0 before 6.0.2 on Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update PowerShell Core to version 6.0.2 or later.