QID 376713

QID 376713: Tenable Nessus Multiple Third-Party Vulnerabilities (TNS-2022-05)

Nessus is a proprietary vulnerability scanner.

Affected Versions:
Nessus 10.1.1 and Nessus 8.15.3

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

In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5, an attacker can trigger stack exhaustion in build_model via a large nesting depth in the DTD element.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Critical - 9 severity.

Solution

The vendor has issued a fix in Nessus version 10.1.1 and Nessus 8.15.3 Refer to Nessus advisory TNS-2022-05 to address this issue and obtain more information.

Vendor References

TNS-2022-05 - www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-05

CVEs related to QID 376713

CVE-2022-22827 | CVE-2022-22826 | CVE-2022-22825 | CVE-2022-22824 | CVE-2022-22823 | CVE-2022-22822 | CVE-2021-46143 | CVE-2021-45960 | CVE-2022-23852 | CVE-2022-23990 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
TNS-2022-05			www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-05

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