Tenable Nessus < 10.6.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2023-29)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 180253

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Synopsis

An instance of Nessus installed on the remote system is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Tenable Nessus application running on the remote host is prior to 10.6.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TNS-2023-29 advisory.

- A pass-back vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could uncover stored SMTP credentials within the Nessus application. (CVE-2023-3251)
- An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could alter logging variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host with log data, which could lead to a denial of service condition. (CVE-2023-3252)

- An improper authorization vulnerability exists where an authenticated, low privileged remote attacker could view a list of all the users available in the application. (CVE-2023-3253)

The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal (https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus). (CVE-2023-3251, CVE-2023-3252, CVE-2023-3253)

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

Solution

Upgrade to Tenable Nessus 10.6.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 180253

File Name: nessus_TNS-2023-29.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/29/2023

Updated: 6/13/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-3252

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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: 8/29/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-3251, CVE-2023-3252, CVE-2023-3253

IAVA: 2023-A-0445-S

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