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Security Updates for Azure CLI (October 2024)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 209041

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Synopsis

The Azure CLI is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Azure CLI is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by an elevation of privilege vulnerability.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the Azure CLI to version 2.65.0 or later.

See Also

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/release-notes-azure-cli

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 209041

File Name: smb_nt_ms24_oct_azure_cli.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 10/15/2024

Updated: 10/18/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-43591

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_command-line_interface

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Microsoft Azure CLI

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-43591