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Tenable Nessus 10.x < 10.1.2 / 8.x < 8.15.4 Third-Party Vulnerability (TNS-2022-06)

high Nessus Plugin ID 159376

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Synopsis

Tenable Nessus running on the remote host is affected by a third-party vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Tenable Nessus application running on the remote host is 10.x prior to 10.1.2, or 8.x prior to 8.15.4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability in a third-party library.

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

Solution

Upgrade to Tenable Nessus version 10.1.2 or 8.15.4 or later.

See Also

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-06

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 159376

File Name: nessus_tns_2022_06.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/31/2022

Updated: 2/8/2023

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0778

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:tenable:nessus

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Tenable Nessus

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0778