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SolarWinds Serv-U 15.4.0 < 15.4.3

medium Nessus Plugin ID 194958

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Synopsis

SolarWinds Serv-U is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of SolarWinds Serv-U installed on the remote host is prior to 15.4.2 HF1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the serv-u_15_4_2_hotfix_1 advisory.

 - A highly privileged account can overwrite arbitrary files on the system with log output. The log file path tags were not sanitized properly. (CVE-2024-28072)

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 15.4.2 HF1 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?006df7e9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 194958

File Name: solarwinds_serv-u_15_4_2_hotfix_1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: FTP

Published: 5/3/2024

Updated: 2/26/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-28072

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

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: 5/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/3/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-28072

IAVA: 2024-A-0271-S