QID 376511

Date Published: 2022-04-07

QID 376511: Tenable Nessus Insufficient Session Expiration Vulnerability (TNS-2020-06)

Nessus is a proprietary vulnerability scanner.

CVE-2020-5774:Nessus versions 8.11.0 and earlier were found to maintain sessions longer than the permitted period in certain scenarios.
Affected Versions:
Nessus versions 8.11.0 and earlier

QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
This QID checks for the existence of vulnerable versions of Nessus in registry.

The lack of proper session expiration could allow attackers with local access to login into an existing browser session.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.1 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 3.6 severity.

Solution

The vendor has issued a fix in Nessus version 8.11.1. Refer to Nessus advisory TNS-2020-06 to address this issue and obtain more information.

Vendor References

TNS-2020-06 - www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-06

CVEs related to QID 376511

CVE-2020-5774 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
TNS-2020-06			www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-06

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