Pulse Connect Secure < 9.1R11.5 (SA44800)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150869

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Synopsis

The remote device is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the version of Pulse Connect Secure running on the remote host is greater than 9.0Rx / 9.1Rx and prior to 9.1R11.5. It is, therefore, affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability on the Pulse Connect Secure gateway that allows a remote authenticated user with privileges to browse SMB shares to execute arbitrary code as the root user.

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

Solution

Upgrade to Pulse Connect Secure version 9.1R11.5 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150869

File Name: pulse_connect_secure-sa44800.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 6/21/2021

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22908

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Pulse Connect Secure

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-22908

IAVA: 2021-A-0283-S

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