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Tenable Nessus Agent < 10.4.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2023-24)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 178024

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Synopsis

An instance of Nessus Agent installed on the remote system is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Tenable Nessus Agent running on the remote host is prior to 10.4.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TNS-2023-24 advisory.

 - Nessus Agent leverages third-party software to help provide underlying functionality. One of the third- party components (OpenSSL) was found to contain vulnerabilities, and updated versions have been made available by the provider. Out of caution and in line with best practice, Tenable has opted to upgrade these components to address the potential impact of the issues. Nessus Agent 10.4.1 updates OpenSSL to version 3.0.9 to address the identified vulnerabilities. Tenable has released Nessus 10.4.1 to address these issues. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal (https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus-agents). (CVE-2023-0465, CVE-2023-0466, CVE-2023-1255, CVE-2023-2650)

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

Solution

Upgrade to Tenable Nessus Agent 10.4.1 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?2f181eec

https://www.tenable.com/security/TNS-2023-24

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 178024

File Name: tenable_nessus_agent_TNS-2023-24.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/7/2023

Updated: 7/7/2023

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: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0466

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:nessus_agent

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Tenable Nessus Agent

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0465, CVE-2023-0466, CVE-2023-1255, CVE-2023-2650