Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (January 2024)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 187806

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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. 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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 187806

File Name: smb_nt_ms24_jan_visual_studio.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

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

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