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[R1] Nessus Agent Version 10.4.4 Fixes One Vulnerability

Medium

Synopsis

An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated attacker with privileges on the managing application could alter Nessus Rules variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host, which could lead to a denial of service condition. 

Solution

Tenable has released Nessus Agent 10.4.4 to address these issues. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal (https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus-agents).

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Risk Information

CVE ID: CVE-2023-6178
Tenable Advisory ID: TNS-2023-41
Risk Factor: Medium
Credit:
Ammarit Thongthua and Sarun Pornjarungsak of Secure D Research Team
CVSSv3 Base / Temporal Score:
6.8 / 6.1
CVSSv3 Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Affected Products

Nessus Agent 10.4.3 and earlier

Disclosure Timeline

2023-10-26 - Report received by Tenable
2023-10-30 - Report confirmed as valid
2023-11-09 - CVE ID requested / CVSS v3 scoring calculated
2023-11-16 - Nessus Agent 10.4.4 released

Advisory Timeline

2023-11-16 - [R1] Initial Release