Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (February 2021)

high Nessus Plugin ID 146426

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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. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2021-1639)

- A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to cause the affected component to deny system or application services. (CVE-2021-1721)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
- Update 15.9.32 for Visual Studio 2017
- Update 16.4.18 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 16.7.11 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 16.8.5 for Visual Studio 2019

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146426

File Name: smb_nt_ms21_feb_visual_studio.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

Published: 2/11/2021

Updated: 1/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-1639

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/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, installed_sw/Microsoft Visual Studio

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-1639, CVE-2021-1721

IAVA: 2021-A-0074-S

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