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[R2] Nessus Version 10.5.5 Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities

Medium

Synopsis

A pass-back vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could uncover stored SMTP credentials within the Nessus application. - CVE-2023-3251

An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could alter logging variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host with log data, which could lead to a denial of service condition. - CVE-2023-3252

An improper authorization vulnerability exists where an authenticated, low privileged remote attacker could view a list of all the users available in the application. - CVE-2023-3253

Solution

Tenable has released Nessus 10.5.5 to address these issues. The installation files can only be obtained via the Nessus Feed.

This page contains information regarding security vulnerabilities that may impact Tenable's products. This may include issues specific to our software, or due to the use of third-party libraries within our software. Tenable strongly encourages users to ensure that they upgrade or apply relevant patches in a timely manner.

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Risk Information

Tenable Advisory ID: TNS-2023-31
Risk Factor: Medium
Credit:
Ammarit Thongthua and Sarun Pornjarungsak of Secure D Research Team (CVE-2023-3252)
Pedro Jose Navas Perez at Hispasec (CVE-2023-3251)
CVSSv3 Base / Temporal Score:
4.1 / 3.9 (CVE-2023-3251)
6.8 / 5.9 (CVE-2023-3252)
4.3 / 3.8 (CVE-2023-3253)
CVSSv3 Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:T/RC:C (CVE-2023-3251)
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C (CVE-2023-3252)
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C (CVE-2023-3253)

Affected Products

Nessus 10.5.4 and earlier

Advisory Timeline

2023-09-21 - [R1] Initial Release
2023-10-31 - [R2] Updated with correct CVE ID information