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Tenable Nessus Agent < 8.3.3 / 10.x < 10.1.3 Third-Party Vulnerability (TNS-2022-07)

high Nessus Plugin ID 159378

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Synopsis

An instance of Nessus Agent installed on the remote system is affected by a third party vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Tenable Nessus agent running on the remote host is prior to 8.3.3 or 10.x prior to 10.1.3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability in a third-party library.

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 Tenable Nessus Agent version 8.3.3 or 10.1.3 or later.

See Also

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-07

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 159378

File Name: tenable_nessus_agent_TNS-2022-07.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/31/2022

Updated: 6/3/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0778

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:tenable:nessus_agent

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Tenable Nessus Agent

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0778