Tenable Nessus < 8.0.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2018-14)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 118398
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VPR Score: 3.6
Synopsis
Tenable Nessus 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 prior to 8.0.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:- Tenable Nessus contains a flaw in the bundled third-party component OpenSSL library's key handling during a TLS handshake that causes a denial of service vulnerability due to key handling during a TLS handshake. (CVE-2018-0732)
- Tenable Nessus contains a flaw in the bundled third-party component OpenSSL library's RSA Key generation algorithm that allows a cache timing side channel attack to recover the private key. (CVE-2018-0737)
Solution
Upgrade to Tenable Nessus version 8.0.0 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 118398
File Name: nessus_tns_2018_14.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: remote
Family: Misc.
Published: 10/26/2018
Updated: 11/1/2019
Dependencies: nessus_detect.nasl
Risk Information
Risk Factor: Medium
VPR Score: 3.6
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-0737
CVSS v2.0
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS v3.0
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:tenable:nessus
Required KB Items: installed_sw/nessus
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-0732, CVE-2018-0737