Download Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 16.11.5

Microsoft has released version 16.11.5 of Visual Studio 2019. This popular programming development environment has useful options to make programming easier in Visual C++, Visual Basic, C#, F# and Python, among others. The complete list of the changes in the 2019 edition can be found in the accompanying release notes† In this update, Microsoft has fixed the following security vulnerabilities:

Issues Addressed in this Release

• CVE-2021-1971 OpenSSL Denial of Service Vulnerability: A potential denial of service vulnerability exists in OpenSSL library, which is consumed by Git.
• CVE-2021-3449 OpenSSL Denial of Service Vulnerability: A potential denial of service vulnerability exists in OpenSSL library, which is consumed by Git.
• CVE-2021-3450 OpenSSL Denial of Service Vulnerability: A potential flag bypass exists in OpenSSL library, which is consumed by Git.
• CVE-2021-41355 .NET Disclosure Vulnerability: An Information Disclosure vulnerability exists in .NET where System.DirectoryServices.Protocols. LdapConnection sends credentials in plain text on Linux.