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Tenable Nessus <= 8.13.1 Multiple Third-party Vulnerabilities (TNS-2021-05)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Web application abuses
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
3 years ago
Modified
Modified
3 years ago
Summary
Tenable Nessus is prone to multiple third-party vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
One of the third-party components (OpenSSL) was found to contain vulnerabilities, and updated versions have been made available by the providers. Nessus 8.13.2 updates OpenSSL to version 1.1.1k to address the identified vulnerabilities.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Tenable Nessus up to and including version 8.13.1.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 8.13.2 or later.