Description of the security update for Visual Studio 2015 Update 3: January 9, 2024 (KB5030979)

Applies to: All Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 editions except Build Tools

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists if the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector handles data operations incorrectly.To learn more about this vulnerability, see CVE-2024-20656.

How to obtain and install the update

Visual Studio 2015 Update 3

Method 1: Microsoft Download

The following file is available for download:Download the hotfix package now.

Method 2: Microsoft Update Catalog

To get the standalone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2015 Update 3

To download the updated Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2015 Update 3, go to the following Microsoft webpage:Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2015 Update 3

More information

Prerequisites

To apply this security update, you must have both Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 and the subsequent Cumulative Servicing Release KB 3165756 installed. Typically, KB 3165756 is installed automatically when you install Visual Studio 2015 Update 3. However, in some cases, you have to install the two packages separately.

Restart requirement

We recommend that you close Visual Studio 2015 before you install this security update. Otherwise, you may have to restart the computer after you apply this security update if a file that is being updated is open or in use by Visual Studio.

Security update replacement information

This security update supersedes KB5011164.

Security update deployment information

For deployment information about this update, see Deployments - Security Update Guide.

File hash information

File name	SHA256 hash
vs14-kb5030979.exe	CB40E6430DF73EE4CC0B44BE888E3F641008ECF20B6696774187F0BA1F6CC855

Installation verification

To verify that this security update is applied correctly, follow these steps:

1. Open the Visual Studio 2015 program folder.
2. Locate the DiagnosticsHub.StandardCollector.Runtime.dll file.
3. Verify that the file version is equal to or greater than 14.0.27560.00.

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