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[R1] Nessus Agent 8.2.4 Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities

Medium

Synopsis

Nessus Agent leverages third-party software to help provide underlying functionality. Two separate third-party components (OpenSSL and sqlite) were found to contain vulnerabilities, and updated versions have been made available by the providers.

Out of caution and in line with good practice, Tenable opted to upgrade the bundled libraries to address the potential impact of these issues. Nessus Agent 8.2.4 will update OpenSSL to version 1.1.1k and sqlite to version 3.34.1 to address the identified vulnerabilities.

Solution

Tenable has released Nessus Agent 8.2.4 to address these issues. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal (https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus-agents).

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.

Tenable takes product security very seriously. If you believe you have found a vulnerability in one of our products, we ask that you please work with us to quickly resolve it in order to protect customers. Tenable believes in responding quickly to such reports, maintaining communication with researchers, and providing a solution in short order.

For more details on submitting vulnerability information, please see our Vulnerability Reporting Guidelines page.

If you have questions or corrections about this advisory, please email [email protected]

Risk Information

Tenable Advisory ID: TNS-2021-08
Risk Factor: Medium
CVSSv2 Base / Temporal Score
4.3 / 3.6 (CVE-2019-16168)
5.8 / 4.8 (CVE-2021-3450)
CVSSv2 Vector:
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C)(CVE-2019-16168)
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C)(CVE-2021-3450)

Affected Products

Nessus Agent 8.2.1 through 8.2.3 (OpenSSL)
Nessus Agent 8.2.3 and earlier (sqlite)

Advisory Timeline

2021-04-8 - [R1] Initial Release