Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (February 2021)

high Nessus Plugin ID 146426

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:

- A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2021-1639)

- A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to cause the affected component to deny system or application services. (CVE-2021-1721)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
- Update 15.9.32 for Visual Studio 2017
- Update 16.4.18 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 16.7.11 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 16.8.5 for Visual Studio 2019

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?36441616

http://www.nessus.org/u?9a39d8e5

http://www.nessus.org/u?e76766af

http://www.nessus.org/u?d4ce25eb

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146426

File Name: smb_nt_ms21_feb_visual_studio.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 2/11/2021

Updated: 11/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-1639

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 2/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-1639, CVE-2021-1721

IAVA: 2021-A-0074-S