Nessus Network Monitor < 6.5.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2024-17)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 207713

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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 6.5.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TNS-2024-17 advisory.

- Nessus Network Monitor leverages third-party software to help provide underlying functionality. Several of the third-party components (OpenSSL, expat, curl, and libxml2)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 6.5.0 updates OpenSSL to version 3.0.15, expat to version 2.6.3, curl to version 8.10.0, and libxml2 to to version 2.13.1 to address the identified vulnerabilities.Additionally, one separate vulnerability was discovered, reported and fixed:A stored cross site scripting vulnerability exists in Nessus Network Monitor where an authenticated, privileged local attacker could inject arbitrary code into the NNM UI via the local CLI. - CVE-2024-9158 Tenable has released Nessus Network Monitor 6.5.0 to address these issues. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal (https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus-network-monitor). (CVE-2024-34459, CVE-2024-45491, CVE-2024-45492, CVE-2024-6119, CVE-2024-6197, CVE-2024-7264, CVE-2024-8096, CVE-2024-9158)

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 6.5.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 207713

File Name: nnm_6_5_0.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/25/2024

Updated: 9/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

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: 9/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-34459, CVE-2024-45491, CVE-2024-45492, CVE-2024-6119, CVE-2024-6197, CVE-2024-7264, CVE-2024-8096, CVE-2024-9158

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