Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (September 2019)

high Nessus Plugin ID 128708

Synopsis

The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly impersonates certain file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges. An attacker with unprivileged access to a vulnerable system could exploit this vulnerability.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service properly impersonates file operations. (CVE-2019-1232)

- A denial of service vulnerability exists when .NET Core improperly handles web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a denial of service against a .NET Core web application.
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely, without authentication. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the .NET Core web application handles web requests. (CVE-2019-1301)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
- KB4513696
- Update 15.9.16 for Visual Studio 2017
- Update 16.0.8 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 15.0 (26228.98) for Visual Studio 2017
- Update 16.2.5 for Visual Studio 2019

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?cfa387b3

http://www.nessus.org/u?1d93e731

http://www.nessus.org/u?a8a4791b

http://www.nessus.org/u?30855885

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 128708

File Name: smb_nt_ms19_sep_visual_studio.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 9/11/2019

Updated: 7/25/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1232

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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: 9/10/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1232, CVE-2019-1301

IAVA: 2019-A-0332

MSFT: MS19-4513696

MSKB: 4513696