According to its self-reported version, the Tenable Nessus agent running on the remote host is 10.x prior to 10.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(166960);
script_version("1.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/03/22");
script_cve_id("CVE-2022-3602", "CVE-2022-3786");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2022-A-0452-S");
script_xref(name:"CEA-ID", value:"CEA-2022-0036");
script_name(english:"Tenable Nessus Agent 10.x < 10.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2022-22)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"An instance of Nessus Agent installed on the remote system is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version, the Tenable Nessus agent running on the remote host is 10.x prior to 10.2.1. It
is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:
- A buffer overrun can be triggered in X.509 certificate verification, specifically in name constraint checking.
(CVE-2022-3786, CVE-2022-3602)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Tenable Nessus Agent 10.2.1 or later.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"all");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2022-3786");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/11/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/11/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/11/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:tenable:nessus_agent");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Misc.");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2022-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("tenable_nessus_agent_installed_win.nbin", "nessus_agent_installed_macos.nbin", "nessus_agent_installed_linux.nbin");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/Tenable Nessus Agent");
exit(0);
}
include('vcf.inc');
var app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'Tenable Nessus Agent');
var constraints = [
{ 'min_version':'10.0.0', 'fixed_version':'10.2.1' }
];
vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
tenable | nessus_agent | cpe:/a:tenable:nessus_agent |