| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| tenable | www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-03 |
| openssl | www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20200421.txt |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:tenable:nessus_agent";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.107863");
script_version("2026-01-09T05:47:51+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-1551", "CVE-2020-1967");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-01-09 05:47:51 +0000 (Fri, 09 Jan 2026)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-07-20 23:15:00 +0000 (Tue, 20 Jul 2021)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-08-12 16:59:18 +0200 (Wed, 12 Aug 2020)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_name("Tenable Nessus Agent < 7.6.3 Multiple Third-party Vulnerabilities (TNS-2020-03)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Tenable Nessus Agent is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Nessus Agent leverages third-party software to help provide underlying
functionality. One of the third-party components (OpenSSL) was found to contain multiple vulnerabilities,
and updated versions have been made available by the providers.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation may lead to:
- A buffer overflow condition (CVE-2019-1551)
- Server or client applications may crash due to a NULL pointer dereference as a result of incorrect
handling of the 'signature_algorithms_cert' TLS extension (CVE-2020-1967)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Tenable Nessus Agent versions prior to version 7.6.3.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 7.6.3 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-03");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20200421.txt");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_tenable_nessus_agent_smb_login_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("tenable/nessus_agent/detected");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if( version_is_less( version:vers, test_version:"7.6.3" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"7.6.3", install_path:path );
security_message( port:0, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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