Security Updates for Microsoft Team Foundation Server (January 2019)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 121189

Synopsis

The Microsoft Team Foundation Server installation on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Team Foundation Server installation on the remote host is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists when Team Foundation Server does not properly sanitize user provided input. An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending a specially crafted payload to the Team Foundation Server, which will get executed in the context of the user every time a user visits the compromised page. (CVE-2019-0646)

- An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Team Foundation Server does not properly handle variables marked as secret. An authenticated attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could view variables that were hidden by other users. (CVE-2019-0647)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following updates to address these issues:
- Team Foundation Server 2017 Update 3.1 w/ patch
- Team Foundation Server 2018 Update 1.2 w/ patch
- Team Foundation Server 2018 Update 3.2

Please refer to the vendor guidance to determine the version and patch to apply.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0eaf4f69

http://www.nessus.org/u?f912b5e2

http://www.nessus.org/u?8b2dad36

http://www.nessus.org/u?7fb75469

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 121189

File Name: smb_nt_ms19_jan_team_foundation_server.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 1/15/2019

Updated: 4/21/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-0647

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_team_foundation_server

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0646, CVE-2019-0647