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Tenable Nessus Agent < 10.7.3 and earlier Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2024-14)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 207054

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Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Tenable Nessus Agent running on the remote host is prior to 10.7.2 and earlier. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TNS-2024-14 advisory.

 - Nessus Agent leverages third-party software to help provide underlying functionality. Several of the third-party components (OpenSSL, expat) 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 Agent Version 10.7.3 updates OpenSSL to version 3.0.15 and expat to version 2.6.3 to address the identified vulnerabilities. Tenable has released Nessus Agent 10.7.3 to address these issues. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal (https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus-agents).
 (CVE-2024-45491, CVE-2024-45492, CVE-2024-6119)

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 Agent 10.7.3 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?40ead603

https://www.tenable.com/security/TNS-2024-14

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 207054

File Name: tenable_nessus_agent_TNS-2024-14.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/12/2024

Updated: 10/23/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45492

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:tenable:nessus_agent

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Tenable Nessus Agent

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45491, CVE-2024-45492, CVE-2024-6119