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Tenable Nessus 6.0.x < 6.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 90774

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Synopsis

An application running on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Tenable Nessus application running on the remote host is 6.x prior to 6.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

 - A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session. (CVE-2016-82012)

 - A denial of service vulnerability exists due to an external entity injection (XXE) flaw that is triggered during the parsing of XML data. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via specially crafted XML data, to exhaust system resources.
 (CVE-2016-82013)

Solution

Upgrade to Tenable Nessus version 6.6 or later.

See Also

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-08

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 90774

File Name: nessus_tns_2016_08.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 4/28/2016

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:tenable:nessus

Required KB Items: installed_sw/nessus

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-82012, CVE-2016-82013