SolarWinds Serv-U 15.4.1

high Nessus Plugin ID 179953

Synopsis

SolarWinds Serv-U is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of SolarWinds Serv-U installed on the remote host is prior to 15.4 HF1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the serv-u_15_4_hf1 advisory.

- A vulnerability has been identified within Serv-U 15.4 that, if exploited, allows an actor to bypass multi-factor/two-factor authentication. The actor must have administrator-level access to Serv-U to perform this action. (CVE-2023-35179)

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 Serv-U version 15.4 HF1 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e88c4780

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179953

File Name: solarwinds_serv-u_15_4_hf1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: remote

Family: FTP

Published: 8/18/2023

Updated: 9/27/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-35179

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:solarwinds:serv-u, cpe:/a:solarwinds:serv-u_file_server, cpe:/a:serv-u:serv-u

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Serv-U

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-35179

IAVA: 2023-A-0425-S