Tenable Blog

Tenable Network Security has released SecurityCenter 4.6 and PVS 3.8. These new and now available updates to SecurityCenter and the Passive Vulnerability Scanner include several new features and enhancements.

Announcements

• We're hiring! - Visit the Tenable website for more information about open positions.
• Check out our video channel on YouTube which contains new Nessus and SecurityCenter 4 tutorials.
• Tenable Tweets - You can find us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tenablesecurity where we make product and company announcements, provide Nessus plugin statistics, and more!
• Want to ask questions about Nessus, SecurityCenter, LCE, and PVS and get answers from the experts at Tenable? Join Tenable's Discussion Forum for custom scripts, announcements, and more!
• You can subscribe to the Tenable Network Security Podcast on iTunes!

New & Notable Plugins

Nessus

• VMware vCenter Data Collection - vCenter allows you to manage multiple virtual host systems in the enterprise.
• VMware vCenter SOAP API Settings
• IOServer XML Server URI Directory Traversal Arbitrary File Access
• Symantec Mail Security Autonomy Verity Keyview Filter Vulnerabilities (SYM12-018) - Send an "evil" attachment and potentially crash or compromise the email gateway -- nice for attackers, not-so-nice for administrators.
• Symantec Messaging Gateway 9.5.x Multiple Vulnerabilities (SYM12-018)
• RT < 3.8.15 / 4.0.8 Vulnerabilities - RT is some really neat request tracking software, supposed to work very well too.
• Wordfence Plugin for WordPress email Parameter XSS - So, kind of not news, but there is a vulnerability in a WordPress plugin. However, this one is ironic because Wordfence is, according to their website, "the best WordPress security plugin in the business."
• IrfanView < 4.35 Multiple Heap-Based Buffer Overflows
• SSL Certificate Signed with the Compromised Fortigate Key - I hate it when this happens: "The SSL certificate for this service was signed by a certificate authority (CA) whose private key has been compromised."
• Dell OpenManage Server Administrator omalogin.html DOM-based XSS
• IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 < Fix Pack 1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
• Wing FTP Server Multiple ZIP Commands Parsing Remote DoS
• Novell File Reporter Agent FSFUI UICMD 126 Arbitrary File Download
• Apache Tomcat 7.0.x < 7.0.28 Header Parsing Remote Denial of Service
• Apache Tomcat 5.5.x < 5.5.36 DIGEST Authentication Multiple Security Weaknesses
• Apache Tomcat 6.0.x < 6.0.36 Vulnerabilities
• Apache Tomcat 7.0.x < 7.0.30 DIGEST Authentication Multiple Security Weaknesses
• Novell Sentinel Log Manager Authentication Bypass
• NetIQ Privileged User Manager Default Admin Password
• NetIQ Privileged User Manager Password Change Authentication Bypass
• NetIQ Privileged User Manager ldapagnt_eval() Function Remote Code Execution
• Google Chrome < 23.0.1271.91 Vulnerabilities
• Opera < 12.11 Vulnerabilities
• Firefox 10.x < 10.0.11 Vulnerabilities
• Firefox 16.x Vulnerabilities
• Firefox 10.x < 10.0.11 Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
• Firefox 16.x Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
• Thunderbird 10.x < 10.0.11 Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
• Thunderbird 16.x Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
• Mozilla Thunderbird 10.x < 10.0.11 Vulnerabilities
• Mozilla Thunderbird 16.x Vulnerabilities
• SeaMonkey 2.13.x Vulnerabilities
• Bugzilla < 3.6.12 / 4.0.9 / 4.2.4 / 4.4rc1 Vulnerabilities

Thank you for providing feedback on the Nessus HTML5 beta interface. The beta feedback period is now closed, and the Nessus HTML5 interface is generally available (GA) to Nessus ProfessionalFeed and Nessus Perimeter Service customers, as well as Nessus HomeFeed users. To access the Nessus HTML5 interface, visit https://nessusserver:8834/html5.html (replace “nessusserver” with the IP/hostname of your Nessus server).

We are pleased to announce that Tenable Network Security has been awarded Common Criteria certification, again meeting the rigorous security requirements defined by the Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation.

Keeping Your Firewalls in Check

Ensuring that your network infrastructure, in particular your routers and firewalls, is secure and maintains its integrity is critical to successfully defending your network. If an attacker were to gain control of these types of systems, they could potentially impact the security of your network as a whole. For example, an attacker with access to your firewall could read the firewall rules and use the information to selectively attack open services and create backdoors that would slip through your firewall.