Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (April 2024)

high Nessus Plugin ID 193088

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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:

- A remote code execution vulnerability exists in .NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2024-21409)

- A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2024-28929, CVE-2024-28930, CVE-2024-28931, CVE-2024-28932, CVE-2024-28933, CVE-2024-28934, CVE-2024-28935, CVE-2024-28936, CVE-2024-28937, CVE-2024-28938)

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 16.11.35 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 17.4.18 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.6.14 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.8.9 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.9.6 for Visual Studio 2022

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 193088

File Name: smb_nt_ms24_apr_visual_studio.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

Published: 4/9/2024

Updated: 5/17/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2024-28938

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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, SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Microsoft Visual Studio

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-21409, CVE-2024-28929, CVE-2024-28930, CVE-2024-28931, CVE-2024-28932, CVE-2024-28933, CVE-2024-28934, CVE-2024-28935, CVE-2024-28936, CVE-2024-28937, CVE-2024-28938

IAVA: 2024-A-0223-S

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