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Tenable Nessus Agent 8.2.1 - 8.2.3 Third-Party Vulnerability (TNS-2021-08)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
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
2 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
Tenable Nessus Agent is prone to a vulnerability in a third-party component (OpenSSL).
Insight
Insight
OpenSSL was found to contain a vulnerability, and an updated version has been made available by the provider. Nessus Agent 8.2.4 will update OpenSSL to version 1.1.1k to address the identified vulnerability.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Tenable Nessus Agent version 8.2.1 through 8.2.3.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 8.2.4 or later.