Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (October 2024)

high Nessus Plugin ID 208750

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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:

- .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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 208750

File Name: smb_nt_ms24_oct_visual_studio.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

Published: 10/11/2024

Updated: 10/14/2024

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

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