HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.10.1 Txn.Apply endpoint allowed services to register proxies for other services, enabling access to service traffic. Fixed in 1.8.15, 1.9.9 and 1.10.2.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.10.1 Txn.Apply endpoint allowed services to register proxies for     other services, enabling access to service traffic. Fixed in 1.8.15, 1.9.9 and 1.10.2. (CVE-2021-38698)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.10.1 Txn.Apply endpoint allowed services to register proxies for
    other services, enabling access to service traffic. Fixed in 1.8.15, 1.9.9 and 1.10.2. (CVE-2021-38698)

An update of the telegraf package has been released.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202208-09 (HashiCorp Consul: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

  - HashiCorp Consul Enterprise version 1.7.0 up to 1.8.4 includes a namespace replication bug which can be     triggered to cause denial of service via infinite Raft writes. Fixed in 1.7.9 and 1.8.5. (CVE-2020-25201)

  - HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise up to version 1.9.4 key-value (KV) raw mode was vulnerable to     cross-site scripting. Fixed in 1.9.5, 1.8.10 and 1.7.14. (CVE-2020-25864)

  - HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.2.0 up to 1.8.5 allowed operators with operator:read ACL     permissions to read the Connect CA private key configuration. Fixed in 1.6.10, 1.7.10, and 1.8.6.
    (CVE-2020-28053)

  - HashiCorp Consul Enterprise version 1.8.0 up to 1.9.4 audit log can be bypassed by specifically crafted     HTTP events. Fixed in 1.9.5, and 1.8.10. (CVE-2021-28156)

  - HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.3.0 through 1.10.0 Envoy proxy TLS configuration does not     validate destination service identity in the encoded subject alternative name. Fixed in 1.8.14, 1.9.8, and     1.10.1. (CVE-2021-32574)

  - HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.9.0 through 1.10.0 default deny policy with a single L7     application-aware intention deny action cancels out, causing the intention to incorrectly fail open,     allowing L4 traffic. Fixed in 1.9.8 and 1.10.1. (CVE-2021-36213)

  - HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.10.1 Txn.Apply endpoint allowed services to register proxies for     other services, enabling access to service traffic. Fixed in 1.8.15, 1.9.9 and 1.10.2. (CVE-2021-38698)

  - HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.8.0 through 1.9.14, 1.10.7, and 1.11.2 has Uncontrolled Resource     Consumption. (CVE-2022-24687)

  - HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise through 2022-04-12 allow SSRF. (CVE-2022-29153)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the consul package has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
224037	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-38698	Nessus	Misc.	medium
411479	SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/consul (GHSA-6hw5-6gcx-phmw)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
411479	SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/consul (GHSA-6hw5-6gcx-phmw)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium
204388	Photon OS 5.0: Telegraf PHSA-2023-5.0-0041	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
163985	GLSA-202208-09 : HashiCorp Consul: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
153751	Photon OS 3.0: Consul PHSA-2021-3.0-0303	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
153745	Photon OS 4.0: Consul PHSA-2021-4.0-0105	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high

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