Nutanix AOS : (NXSA-AOS-6.5.3.5)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 178057

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Synopsis

The Nutanix AOS host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of AOS installed on the remote host is prior to 6.5.3.5. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the NXSA-AOS-6.5.3.5 advisory.

- When using the RemoteIpFilter with requests received from a reverse proxy via HTTP that include the X-Forwarded-Proto header set to https, session cookies created by Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.0.-M2, 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.5, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.71 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.85 did not include the secure attribute. This could result in the user agent transmitting the session cookie over an insecure channel. Older, EOL versions may also be affected. (CVE-2023-28708)

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

Solution

Update the Nutanix AOS software to the recommended version. Before upgrading: if this cluster is registered with Prism Central, ensure that Prism Central has been upgraded first to a compatible version. Refer to the Software Product Interoperability page on the Nutanix portal.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 178057

File Name: nutanix_NXSA-AOS-6_5_3_5.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/9/2023

Updated: 9/1/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28708

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:nutanix:aos

Required KB Items: Host/Nutanix/Data/lts, Host/Nutanix/Data/Service, Host/Nutanix/Data/Version, Host/Nutanix/Data/arch

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28708

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