Security Updates for Outlook (January 2019)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 121027

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Outlook application installed on the remote host is missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Outlook application installed on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability :

- An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Outlook improperly handles certain types of messages. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gather information about the victim.
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted email to the victim. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way Microsoft Outlook handles these types of messages.
(CVE-2019-0559)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB4461595
-KB4461601
-KB4461623

For Office 365, Office 2016 C2R, or Office 2019, ensure automatic updates are enabled or open any office app and manually perform an update.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 121027

File Name: smb_nt_ms19_jan_outlook.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

Published: 1/8/2019

Updated: 10/31/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-0559

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0559

MSFT: MS19-4461595, MS19-4461601, MS19-4461623

MSKB: 4461595, 4461601, 4461623

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