Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (October 2024)

high Nessus Plugin ID 208750

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:

- .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability in System.Security.Cryptography.Cose, System.IO.Packaging, System.Runtime.Caching (CVE-2024-43483)
- .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability in System.IO.Packaging (CVE-2024-43484)

- Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Visual Studio C++ Redistributable Installer (CVE-2024-43590)

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 17.6.20 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.8.15 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.11.5 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.10.8 for Visual Studio 2022

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?db3c4e1c

http://www.nessus.org/u?075270bf

http://www.nessus.org/u?e01e5a6b

http://www.nessus.org/u?af75a6c5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 208750

File Name: smb_nt_ms24_oct_visual_studio.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 10/11/2024

Updated: 11/15/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-43590

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-43483, CVE-2024-43484, CVE-2024-43485, CVE-2024-43590, CVE-2024-43603

IAVA: 2024-A-0626-S