Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (September 2023)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 181293

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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 vulnerability in VSInstallerElevationService when running a malicious executable, which can lead to an Elevation of Privilege. (CVE-2023-36758)

- A vulnerability in pgodriver.sys where reading a malicious file can lead to an Elevation of Privilege. (CVE-2023-36759)

- A vulnerability in DiaSymReader.dll when reading a corrupted PDB file can lead to a Remote Code Execution. (CVE-2023-36792, CVE-2023-36793, CVE-2023-36794, CVE-2023-36796)

- A vulnerability in .NET where reading a maliciously crafted X.509 certificate may result in a Denial of Service. This issue only affects Linux systems. (CVE-2023-36799)

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

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
- Update 16.11.30 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 17.2.19 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.4.11 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.6.7 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.7.4 for Visual Studio 2022

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 181293

File Name: smb_nt_ms23_sep_visual_studio.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

Published: 9/12/2023

Updated: 10/12/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-36758

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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, SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-36758, CVE-2023-36759, CVE-2023-36792, CVE-2023-36793, CVE-2023-36794, CVE-2023-36796, CVE-2023-36799

IAVA: 2023-A-0476-S

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