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Question so would the only reason to install these updates would be if you were using visual studio and programming, or for anyone using windows 10 latest public release for any reason?
Today, we are releasing the .NET June 2021 Updates. These updates contains reliability and security improvements. See the individual release notes for details on updated packages.
You can download 5.0.7 , 3.1.16 versions for Windows, macOS, and Linux, for x86, x64, Arm32, and Arm64.
- Installers and binaries: 5.0.7 | 3.1.16
- Release notes: 5.0.7 | 3.1.16
- Container images
- Linux packages: 5.0.7 | 3.1.16
- Release feedback/issues
- Known issues: 5.0 | 3.1
Security
CVE-2021-31957: ASP.NET Denial of Service Vulnerability
Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in .NET 5.0 and .NET Core 3.1.
This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their applications to remove this vulnerability.
A denial of service vulnerability exists when ASP.NET Core improperly handles client disconnect.
Improvements
Visual Studio
See release notes for Visual Studio compatibility for .NET Core 3.1 and .NET 5.0.
Rahul Bhandari
Software Engineer, .NET
Source: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/net-june-2021/
Question so would the only reason to install these updates would be if you were using visual studio and programming, or for anyone using windows 10 latest public release for any reason?