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Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (April 2018)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 109029
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Synopsis
The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are missing a security update.Description
The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability :- An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly discloses limited contents of uninitialized memory while compiling program database (PDB) files. An attacker who took advantage of this information disclosure could view uninitialized memory from the Visual Studio instance used to compile the PDB file. To take advantage of the vulnerability, an attacker would require access to an affected PDB file created using a vulnerable version of Visual Studio. An attacker would have no way to force a developer to produce this information disclosure. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how PDB files are generated when a project is compiled.
(CVE-2018-1037)
Solution
Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:-KB4089501
-KB4091346
-KB4087371
-KB4089283
See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?1a8e7d73
http://www.nessus.org/u?5b4e94bf
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 109029
File Name: smb_nt_ms18_apr_visual_studio.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 4/13/2018
Updated: 10/1/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 1.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1037
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio
Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible, installed_sw/Microsoft Visual Studio
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/10/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-1037
BID: 103715