CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.9%
Tenable Nessus is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.813437");
script_version("2023-11-17T16:10:13+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-11-17 16:10:13 +0000 (Fri, 17 Nov 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-06-15 11:03:08 +0530 (Fri, 15 Jun 2018)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-07-20 17:29:00 +0000 (Wed, 20 Jul 2022)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-11742", "CVE-2017-9233", "CVE-2016-9063", "CVE-2016-0718",
"CVE-2016-5300", "CVE-2012-0876", "CVE-2016-4472", "CVE-2012-6702",
"CVE-2018-11214", "CVE-2017-18258", "CVE-2017-16932", "CVE-2017-16931",
"CVE-2017-9050", "CVE-2017-9049", "CVE-2017-9048", "CVE-2017-9047",
"CVE-2017-8872", "CVE-2017-7375", "CVE-2017-5969", "CVE-2016-9318",
"CVE-2016-5131", "CVE-2018-9251", "CVE-2017-1000061", "CVE-2012-6139",
"CVE-2015-7995", "CVE-2015-9019", "CVE-2016-1683", "CVE-2016-1684",
"CVE-2017-5029", "CVE-2016-9840", "CVE-2016-9841", "CVE-2016-9842",
"CVE-2016-9843", "CVE-2014-8964", "CVE-2014-9769", "CVE-2015-2327",
"CVE-2015-2328", "CVE-2015-3217", "CVE-2015-5073", "CVE-2015-8380",
"CVE-2015-8381", "CVE-2015-8382", "CVE-2015-8383", "CVE-2015-8384",
"CVE-2015-8385", "CVE-2015-8386", "CVE-2015-8387", "CVE-2015-8388",
"CVE-2015-8389", "CVE-2015-8390", "CVE-2015-8391", "CVE-2015-8392",
"CVE-2015-8394", "CVE-2015-8395", "CVE-2016-1283", "CVE-2016-3191",
"CVE-2017-6004", "CVE-2017-7186", "CVE-2017-7244", "CVE-2017-7245",
"CVE-2017-7246");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Tenable Nessus Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2018-08)");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_tenable_nessus_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("tenable/nessus/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Tenable Nessus 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:"Multiple flaws exist as some of the third-party components used
within Nessus to provide underlying functionality were found to contain various vulnerabilities.
The components with vulnerabilities include expat, libjpeg, libXML2, libXMLSEC, libXSLT, Zlib and
libPCRE");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers potentially
to gain privileges, execute arbitrary code, bypass security restrictions, conduct denial-of-service,
gain access to potentially sensitive information, conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks and
unspecified other impacts.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Tenable Nessus versions prior to version 7.1.1.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 7.1.1 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-08");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if(isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe:CPE)))
exit(0);
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"7.1.1")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"7.1.1", install_path:path);
security_message(data:report, port:port);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.9%