USN-6161-2: .NET regression

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USN-6161-1 fixed vulnerabilities in .NET. The update introduced
a regression with regards to how the runtime imported X.509
certificates. This update fixes the problem.

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Original advisory details:

It was discovered that .NET did not properly enforce certain
restrictions when deserializing a DataSet or DataTable from
XML. An attacker could possibly use this issue to elevate their
privileges. (CVE-2023-24936)

Kevin Jones discovered that .NET did not properly handle the
AIA fetching process for X.509 client certificates. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-29331)

Kalle Niemitalo discovered that the .NET package manager,
NuGet, was susceptible to a potential race condition. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to perform remote
code execution. (CVE-2023-29337)

Tom Deseyn discovered that .NET did not properly process certain
arguments when extracting the contents of a tar file. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to elevate their privileges. This
issue only affected the dotnet7 package. (CVE-2023-32032)

It was discovered that .NET did not properly handle memory in
certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service or perform remote code execution.
(CVE-2023-33128)

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