Detections
Analytics
Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (July 2023)
high Nessus Plugin ID 178161
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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 vulnerability exist in ASP.NET Core applications where account lockout maximum failed attempts may not be immediately updated, allowing an attacker to try more passwords. (CVE-2023-33170)
- A vulnerability exists in .NET applications where the diagnostic server can be exploited to achieve cross-session/cross-user elevation of privilege (EoP) and code execution. (CVE-2023-33127)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:- Update 17.0.23 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.2.17 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.4.9 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.6.5 for Visual Studio 2022
See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?74184403
http://www.nessus.org/u?2eaf3ccc
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 178161
File Name: smb_nt_ms23_jul_visual_studio.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 7/11/2023
Updated: 8/11/2023
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.6
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-33170
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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, SMB/Registry/Enumerated
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/11/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-33127, CVE-2023-33170
IAVA: 2023-A-0343-S