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Security Updates for Microsoft Team Foundation Server and Azure DevOps Server (December 2020)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 143568

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Team Foundation Server or Azure DevOps is affected by multiple spoofing vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Team Foundation Server or Azure DevOps install is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple spoofing vulnerabilities. An attacker can exploit these to perform actions with the privileges of another user.

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 updates to address these issues:
 - Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 4.2 with patch 7
 - Team Foundation Server 2017 Update 3.1 with patch 12
 - Team Foundation Server 2018 Update 1.2 with patch 9
 - Team Foundation Server 2018 Update 3.2 with patch 14
 - Azure DevOps Server 2019 Update 0.1 with patch 9
 - Azure DevOps Server 2019 Update 1.1 with patch 6
 - Azure DevOps Server 2020 with patch 1

Please refer to the vendor guidance to determine the version and patch to apply.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?164aac14

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 143568

File Name: smb_nt_ms20_dec_team_foundation_server.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 12/8/2020

Updated: 8/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1325

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_team_foundation_server, cpe:/o:microsoft:azure_devops_server

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Microsoft Team Foundation Server

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1325, CVE-2020-17135, CVE-2020-17145