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Nessus Network Monitor < 6.3.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2023-34)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183921

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Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Nessus Network Monitor running on the remote host is prior to 6.3.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TNS-2023-34 advisory.

 - Nessus Network Monitor leverages third-party software to help provide underlying functionality. Several of the third-party components (OpenSSL, curl, chosen, datatables) were found to contain vulnerabilities, and updated versions have been made available by the providers. Out of caution and in line with best practice, Tenable has opted to upgrade these components to address the potential impact of the issues. Nessus Network Monitor 6.3.0 updates OpenSSL to version 3.0.11, curl to version 8.4.0, chosen to version 1.8.7 and datatables to version 1.13.6. (CVE-2018-25050, CVE-2021-23445, CVE-2023-0465, CVE-2023-0466, CVE-2023-1255, CVE-2023-2650, CVE-2023-3446, CVE-2023-38039, CVE-2023-3817, CVE-2023-4807)

 - Under certain conditions, Nessus Network Monitor could allow a low privileged user to escalate privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows hosts. (CVE-2023-5622)

 - NNM failed to properly set ACLs on its installation directory, which could allow a low privileged user to run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges where NNM is installed to a non-standard location. (CVE-2023-5623)

 - Under certain conditions, Nessus Network Monitor was found to not properly enforce input validation. This could allow an admin user to alter parameters that could potentially allow a blindSQL injection. (CVE-2023-5624)

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 Nessus Network Monitor 6.3.0 or later.

See Also

https://www.tenable.com/security/TNS-2023-34

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183921

File Name: nnm_6_3_0.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/26/2023

Updated: 10/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23445

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5622

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:tenable:nnm

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Tenable NNM, Host/nnm_installed

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-25050, CVE-2021-23445, CVE-2023-0465, CVE-2023-0466, CVE-2023-1255, CVE-2023-2650, CVE-2023-3446, CVE-2023-38039, CVE-2023-3817, CVE-2023-4807, CVE-2023-5622, CVE-2023-5623, CVE-2023-5624

IAVA: 2023-A-0605-S