Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (January 2024)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 187806

Synopsis

The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are missing security updates. They are, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including:

- Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2023-29356, CVE-2023-32025, CVE-2023-32026, CVE-2023-32027)

- NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2024-0057)

- Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2024-20656)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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 15.9.59 for Visual Studio 2017
- Update 16.11.33 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 17.2.23 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.4.15 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.6.11 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.8.4 for Visual Studio 2022

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?abd939e1

http://www.nessus.org/u?8a578d49

http://www.nessus.org/u?23a163cd

http://www.nessus.org/u?7c571457

http://www.nessus.org/u?485fb21f

http://www.nessus.org/u?e87822b0

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 187806

File Name: smb_nt_ms24_jan_visual_studio.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 1/9/2024

Updated: 2/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-0057

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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: 1/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-29349, CVE-2023-29356, CVE-2023-32025, CVE-2023-32026, CVE-2023-32027, CVE-2023-32028, CVE-2024-0056, CVE-2024-0057, CVE-2024-20656, CVE-2024-21319

IAVA: 2024-A-0018-S