Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio Code Live Share Extension (June 2020)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 137728

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Synopsis

The remote host has an application installed that is missing a security update.

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code Live Share Extension when it exposes tokens in plain text. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would need to perform a successful capture of the tokens from client to proxy, where specific proxy settings are being used, making this very difficult to exploit.

The update address the vulnerability by modifying the way Visual Studio Code Live Share communicates with clients to proxies.

Solution

Please see Microsoft security advisory for patch-information

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 137728

File Name: microsoft_visual_studio_code_ms20_june.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/23/2020

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1343

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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_code

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Microsoft Visual Studio Code

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1343

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