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AUSCERT Security Bulletin
ASB-2019.0168
A vulnerability has been identified in Tenable Nessus
26 June 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Tenable Nessus
Operating System: Windows
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact/Access: Cross-site Scripting -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
Member content until: Friday, July 26 2019
OVERVIEW
A vulnerability has been identified in Tenable Nessus. [1]
IMPACT
Tenable has provided the following details regarding the
vulnerability:
"Nessus versions 8.4.0 and earlier were found to contain a reflected
XSS vulnerability due to improper validation of user-supplied input.
An unauthenticated, remote attacker could potentially exploit this
vulnerability via a specially crafted request to execute arbitrary
script code in a user's browser session." [1]
MITIGATION
Tenable recommends users upgrade to the latest version to address
this issue. [1]
"Tenable has released Nessus 8.5.0 to address this issue. The
installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal
(https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus)" [1]
REFERENCES
[1] [R1] Nessus 8.5.0 Fixes One Vulnerability
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-04
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