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WID-SEC-W-2023-2957

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2023-11-16 23:00 - Updated: 2023-11-16 23:00

Summary

Tenable Security Nessus: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service

Severity

Mittel

Notes

Das BSI ist als Anbieter für die eigenen, zur Nutzung bereitgestellten Inhalte nach den allgemeinen Gesetzen verantwortlich. Nutzerinnen und Nutzer sind jedoch dafür verantwortlich, die Verwendung und/oder die Umsetzung der mit den Inhalten bereitgestellten Informationen sorgfältig im Einzelfall zu prüfen.

Produktbeschreibung: Nessus ist ein Schwachstellen-Scanner, welcher neben bekannten Schwachstellen auch Software-Patchstände und Konfigurationen überprüfen kann.

Angriff: Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Tenable Security Nessus ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

Betroffene Betriebssysteme: - Sonstiges

CVE-2023-6178

Es existiert eine Schwachstelle in Tenable Security Nessus. Der Fehler besteht aufgrund eines willkürlichen Dateischreibens. Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer mit Privilegien des Dienstes kann diese Schwachstelle ausnutzen, indem er Variablen aus Nessus-Regeln ändert, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen.

CVE-2023-6062

Es existiert eine Schwachstelle in Tenable Security Nessus. Der Fehler besteht aufgrund eines willkürlichen Dateischreibens. Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer mit Privilegien des Administrators kann diese Schwachstelle ausnutzen, indem er Variablen aus Nessus-Regeln ändert, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen.

References

5 references

URL	Category
https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2…	self
https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvis…	self
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-41	external
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-40	external
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-39	external

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CVE-2023-6062 (GCVE-0-2023-6062)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-20 20:20 – Updated: 2024-12-02 20:52

Title

Arbitrary File Write

Summary

An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges on the Nessus application could alter Nessus Rules variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host, which could lead to a denial of service condition.

Severity

6.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2023-11-30 15:29 UTC

Assigner

tenable CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 71/100 over 51 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-39
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-40

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Tenable	Nessus	Affected: 0 , < 10.6.2 (10.6.2) Unaffected: 10.5.7

Date Public

2023-11-16 19:00

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CVE-2023-6178 (GCVE-0-2023-6178)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-20 20:35 – Updated: 2024-08-02 08:21

Summary

An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated attacker with privileges on the managing application could alter Nessus Rules variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host, which could lead to a denial of service condition.

Severity

6.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Assigner

tenable CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 71/100 over 51 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-41

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Tenable	Nessus Agent	Affected: 0 , < 10.4.3 (10.4.4)

Date Public

2023-11-16 19:00

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