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[R3] Nessus Version 10.2.0 Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities

Critical

Synopsis

Nessus leverages third-party software to help provide underlying functionality. Several of the third-party components (zlib, expat, jQuery UI) were found to contain vulnerabilities, and updated versions have been made available by the providers. Additionally, two separate vulnerabilities that utilize the Audit functionality were discovered, reported and fixed.

1. CVE-2022-32973 - An authenticated attacker could create an audit file that bypasses PowerShell cmdlet checks and executes commands with administrator privileges.

2. CVE-2022-32974 - An authenticated attacker could read arbitrary files from the underlying operating system of the scanner using a custom crafted compliance audit file without providing any valid SSH credentials.

3. CVE-2022-33757 - An authenticated attacker could read Nessus Debug Log file attachments from the web UI without having the correct privileges to do so. This may lead to the disclosure of information on the scan target and/or the Nessus scan to unauthorized parties able to reach the Nessus instance.

Out of caution and in line with good practice, Tenable has opted to upgrade these components to address the potential impact of the issues. Nessus 10.2.0 fixes the reported Audit function and information disclosure vulnerabilities, and also updates zlib to version 1.2.12, expat to version 2.4.8 and jQuery UI to version 1.13.0 to address the remaining identified vulnerabilities.

Solution

Tenable has released Nessus 10.2.0 to address these issues. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal (https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus).

This page contains information regarding security vulnerabilities that may impact Tenable's products. This may include issues specific to our software, or due to the use of third-party libraries within our software. Tenable strongly encourages users to ensure that they upgrade or apply relevant patches in a timely manner.

Tenable takes product security very seriously. If you believe you have found a vulnerability in one of our products, we ask that you please work with us to quickly resolve it in order to protect customers. Tenable believes in responding quickly to such reports, maintaining communication with researchers, and providing a solution in short order.

For more details on submitting vulnerability information, please see our Vulnerability Reporting Guidelines page.

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Risk Information

Tenable Advisory ID
TNS-2022-11
Credit
Tudor Enache (CVE-2022-32974)
Phil Castellanos (CVE-2022-32973)
Stefan Pfeil (CVE-2022-33757)
Risk Factor
Critical
CVSSv3 Base / Temporal Score
7.5 / 6.7 (CVE-2018-25032)
6.5 / 5.7 (CVE-2022-25313)
7.5 / 6.5 (CVE-2022-25314)
9.8 / 8.5 (CVE-2022-25315)
9.8 / 8.5 (CVE-2022-25235)
9.8 / 8.5 (CVE-2022-25236)
9.8 / 8.5 (CVE-2022-23990)
9.8 / 8.5 (CVE-2022-23852)
6.1 / 5.3 (CVE-2021-41182)
6.1 / 5.3 (CVE-2021-41183)
6.1 / 5.3 (CVE-2021-41184)
8.4 / 7.6 (CVE-2022-32973)
4.2 / 3.8 (CVE-2022-32974)
4.3 / 3.8 (CVE-2022-33757)
CVSSv3 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C (CVE-2018-25032)
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C (CVE-2022-25313)
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C (CVE-2022-25314)
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C (CVE-2022-25315)
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C (CVE-2022-25235)
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C (CVE-2022-25236)
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C (CVE-2022-23990)
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C (CVE-2022-23852)
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C (CVE-2021-41182)
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C (CVE-2021-41183)
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C (CVE-2021-41184)
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:N/MAC:L/MPR:H/MUI:R/MS:C/MC:H/MI:H/MA:H (CVE-2022-32973)
AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C/CR:H/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:N/MAC:H/MPR:H/MUI:R/MS:U/MC:H/MI:N/MA:N (CVE-2022-32974)
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C (CVE-2022-33757)

Affected Products

Nessus 10.1.2 and earlier

Advisory Timeline

2022-05-26 - [R1] Initial Release
2022-06-13 - [R2] Added updates for reported Audit function vulnerabilities
2022-06-29 - [R3] Added updates for Information Disclosure vulnerability
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