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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.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)