Security Updates for Microsoft Skype for Business and Microsoft Lync (January 2019 OOB)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 121213

Synopsis

The Microsoft Skype for Business or Microsoft Lync installation on the remote host is missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Skype for Business or Microsoft Lync installation on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability :

- A spoofing vulnerability exists when a Skype for Business 2015 server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted request. An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending a specially crafted request to an affected Skype for Business server. The attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could then perform cross-site scripting attacks on affected systems and run script in the security context of the current user. (CVE-2019-0624)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB3061064
-KB4464359
-KB4464354
-KB4464355
-KB4464358
-KB4464356
-KB4464360
-KB4464357

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fae2b3b0

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 121213

File Name: smb_nt_ms19_jan_oob_skype.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 1/16/2019

Updated: 10/31/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-0624

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:skype_for_business, cpe:/a:microsoft:lync

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0624

MSFT: MS19-3061064, MS19-4464354, MS19-4464355, MS19-4464356, MS19-4464357, MS19-4464358, MS19-4464359, MS19-4464360

MSKB: 3061064, 4464354, 4464355, 4464356, 4464357, 4464358, 4464359, 4464360