Software Update: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 16.2.2

Microsoft has released version 16.2.2 of Visual Studio 2019. This popular programming development environment has useful options to make programming easier in Visual C++, Visual Basic, C#, F#, Python and R, among others. The complete list of the changes in the 2019 edition can be found in the accompanying release notes. The release notes for this release can be found below:

Top Issues Fixed in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2.2

• Fixed Test Explorer doesn’t show my tests on VS2019 16.2.0
• Fixed a problem where Visual Studio can stop responding during shutdown.

Security Advisory Notices

• CVE-2019-1211 Git for Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

  An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Git for Visual Studio when it improperly parses configuration files. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code in the context of another local user. To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to modify Git configuration files on a system prior to a full installation of the application. The attacker would then need to convince another user on the system to execute specific Git commands. The update addresses the issue by changing the permissions required to edit configuration files.