Security Updates for Microsoft Team Foundation Server and Azure DevOps Server (October 2023)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182861

Synopsis

The Microsoft Team Foundation Server or Azure DevOps is affected by multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Team Foundation Server or Azure DevOps install is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by an elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges.

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 updates:
- Azure DevOps Server 2022.0.1 with patch 4
- Azure DevOps Server 2020.1.2 with patch 9
- Azure DevOps Server 2020.0.2 with patch 5

Please refer to the vendor guidance to determine the version and patch to apply.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d5823a27

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182861

File Name: smb_nt_ms23_oct_team_foundation_server.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 10/10/2023

Updated: 7/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-36561

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_team_foundation_server, cpe:/o:microsoft:azure_devops_server

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Microsoft Team Foundation Server

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-36561

IAVA: 2023-A-0546-S