Tenable SecurityCenter 5.22.0 / 5.23.1 / 6.0.0 Apache Header Truncation (TNS-2023-06)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 171868

Synopsis

An application installed on the remote host is affected by a third-party software vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Tenable SecurityCenter application installed on the remote host has a third-party software vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server. Prior to Apache HTTP Server 2.4.55, a malicious backend can cause the response headers to be truncated early, resulting in some headers being incorporated into the response body. If the later headers have any security purpose, they will not be interpreted by the client.

Solution

Apply the security patch referenced in the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-06

http://www.nessus.org/u?f594ce01

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 171868

File Name: securitycenter_6_0_0_tns_2023_06.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 2/23/2023

Updated: 12/26/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-37436

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:tenable:securitycenter

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/21/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-37436