Security Updates for Outlook (July 2019)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 126585

Synopsis

The Microsoft Outlook application installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The Microsoft Outlook application installed on the remote host is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability:

- An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Exchange allows creation of entities with Display Names having non-printable characters. An authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating entities with invalid display names, which, when added to conversations, remain invisible. (CVE-2019-1084)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB4464592
-KB4475517
-KB4475509

For Office 365, Office 2016 C2R, or Office 2019, ensure automatic updates are enabled or open any office app and manually perform an update.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ce4a25cd

http://www.nessus.org/u?85344e6b

http://www.nessus.org/u?f848b2c5

http://www.nessus.org/u?c6fc9b1b

http://www.nessus.org/u?42ab6861

http://www.nessus.org/u?7b126882

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 126585

File Name: smb_nt_ms19_jul_outlook.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 7/9/2019

Updated: 10/18/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2019-1084

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:outlook

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1084

BID: 108929

MSFT: MS19-4464592, MS19-4475509, MS19-4475517

MSKB: 4464592, 4475509, 4475517