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Tenable Nessus < 10.8.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2024-15 & TNS-2024-16)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 207062
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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 10.8.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TNS-2024-15 and TNS-2024-16 advisories.- Nessus 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 Version 10.8.3 updates OpenSSL to version 3.0.15 and expat to version 2.6.3 to address the identified vulnerabilities. Tenable has released Nessus 10.8.3 to address these issues. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal: https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus (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 10.8.3 or later.See Also
https://docs.tenable.com/release-notes/Content/nessus/2024.htm?
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 207062
File Name: nessus_TNS-2024-16.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: combined
Agent: windows, macosx, unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 9/12/2024
Updated: 9/12/2024
Configuration: Enable thorough checks
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, 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
Required KB Items: installed_sw/Tenable Nessus
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2024