QID 375656

QID 375656: Tenable Nessus Agent Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2021-08)

Nessus Agents are lightweight programs installed locally on a host. Agents receive scanning instructions from a central Nessus Manager server, perform scans locally, and report vulnerability, compliance and system results back to the central server.

Two separate third-party components (OpenSSL and sqlite) were found to contain vulnerabilities, and updated versions have been made available by the providers.

Affected Versions:
Nessus Agent 8.2.1 through 8.2.3 (OpenSSL)
Nessus Agent 8.2.3 and earlier (sqlite)
NOTE:
CVE-2021-3450 is only affected to Nessus Agent Version from 8.2.1 to 8.2.3.
QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
This QID checks for the existence of vulnerable versions of nessus agent in registry.

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may affect the confidentiality and Integrity.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.4 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.8 severity.
    • Solution
    The vendor has issued a fix in Nessus Agent version 8.2.4. Refer to Nessus advisory TNS-2021-08 to address this issue and obtain more information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 375656

    CVE-2019-16168 | CVE-2021-3450 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    TNS-2021-08 URL Logo www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-08
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