Tenable Nessus < 8.6.0 Denial of Service vulnerability (TNS-2019-05)

high Nessus Plugin ID 128118

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Synopsis

Tenable Nessus running on the remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Tenable Nessus application running on the remote host is prior or equal to 8.5.2. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to a flaw where certain files could be overwritten arbitrarily. An authenticated, remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to create a denial of service condition.

Solution

Upgrade to Tenable Nessus version 8.6.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 128118

File Name: nessus_tns_2019_3974.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: combined

Agent: windows

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/23/2019

Updated: 2/8/2023

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3974

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:tenable:nessus

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Tenable Nessus

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3974

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