Security Update for Visual Studio 2019 (August 2021) (macOS)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 152482

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Synopsis

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

Description

The Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 runtime installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities including the following:

- A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue to cause the application to stop responding. (CVE-2021-26423)

- An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive information. (CVE-2021-34532)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version

Solution

Upgrade to Visual Studio 2019 version 8.10.7.17 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 152482

File Name: macosx_ms21_aug_visual_studio.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 8/11/2021

Updated: 9/16/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-34532

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Visual Studio

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-26423, CVE-2021-34532

IAVA: 2021-A-0380-S

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