cve-2017-11506
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-08-09 12:00
Modified
2024-09-17 03:34
Severity ?
Summary
When linking a Nessus scanner or agent to Tenable.io or other manager, Nessus 6.x before 6.11 does not verify the manager's TLS certificate when making the initial outgoing connection. This could allow man-in-the-middle attacks.
References
vulnreport@tenable.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039141Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
vulnreport@tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-11Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039141Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-11Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Tenable Nessus Version: 6.x before 6.11
 Create a notification for this product.
Show details on NVD website

To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T18:12:40.152Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-11"
          },
          {
            "name": "1039141",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_SECTRACK",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039141"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "Nessus",
          "vendor": "Tenable",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "6.x before 6.11"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "datePublic": "2017-08-08T00:00:00",
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "When linking a Nessus scanner or agent to Tenable.io or other manager, Nessus 6.x before 6.11 does not verify the manager\u0027s TLS certificate when making the initial outgoing connection. This could allow man-in-the-middle attacks."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "Man-in-the-Middle",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2017-08-11T09:57:01",
        "orgId": "5ac1ecc2-367a-4d16-a0b2-35d495ddd0be",
        "shortName": "tenable"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-11"
        },
        {
          "name": "1039141",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_SECTRACK"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039141"
        }
      ],
      "x_legacyV4Record": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "vulnreport@tenable.com",
          "DATE_PUBLIC": "2017-08-08T00:00:00",
          "ID": "CVE-2017-11506",
          "STATE": "PUBLIC"
        },
        "affects": {
          "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
              {
                "product": {
                  "product_data": [
                    {
                      "product_name": "Nessus",
                      "version": {
                        "version_data": [
                          {
                            "version_value": "6.x before 6.11"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "vendor_name": "Tenable"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "data_format": "MITRE",
        "data_type": "CVE",
        "data_version": "4.0",
        "description": {
          "description_data": [
            {
              "lang": "eng",
              "value": "When linking a Nessus scanner or agent to Tenable.io or other manager, Nessus 6.x before 6.11 does not verify the manager\u0027s TLS certificate when making the initial outgoing connection. This could allow man-in-the-middle attacks."
            }
          ]
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "eng",
                  "value": "Man-in-the-Middle"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-11",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "url": "https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-11"
            },
            {
              "name": "1039141",
              "refsource": "SECTRACK",
              "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039141"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "5ac1ecc2-367a-4d16-a0b2-35d495ddd0be",
    "assignerShortName": "tenable",
    "cveId": "CVE-2017-11506",
    "datePublished": "2017-08-09T12:00:00Z",
    "dateReserved": "2017-07-21T00:00:00",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-09-17T03:34:29.415Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2017-11506\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"vulnreport@tenable.com\",\"published\":\"2017-08-09T12:29:00.257\",\"lastModified\":\"2024-11-21T03:07:54.493\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Modified\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"When linking a Nessus scanner or agent to Tenable.io or other manager, Nessus 6.x before 6.11 does not verify the manager\u0027s TLS certificate when making the initial outgoing connection. This could allow man-in-the-middle attacks.\"},{\"lang\":\"es\",\"value\":\"Cuando se enlaza un esc\u00e1ner o agente Nessus a Tenable.io u otro gestor, Nessus en versiones 6.x anteriores a la 6.11 no verifica el certificado TLS del gestor cuando se realiza la conexi\u00f3n de salida inicial. Esto podr\u00eda permitir ataques man-in-the-middle.\"}],\"metrics\":{\"cvssMetricV30\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"3.0\",\"vectorString\":\"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N\",\"baseScore\":7.4,\"baseSeverity\":\"HIGH\",\"attackVector\":\"NETWORK\",\"attackComplexity\":\"HIGH\",\"privilegesRequired\":\"NONE\",\"userInteraction\":\"NONE\",\"scope\":\"UNCHANGED\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"integrityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"NONE\"},\"exploitabilityScore\":2.2,\"impactScore\":5.2}],\"cvssMetricV2\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"2.0\",\"vectorString\":\"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N\",\"baseScore\":5.8,\"accessVector\":\"NETWORK\",\"accessComplexity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"authentication\":\"NONE\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"PARTIAL\",\"integrityImpact\":\"PARTIAL\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"NONE\"},\"baseSeverity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"exploitabilityScore\":8.6,\"impactScore\":4.9,\"acInsufInfo\":false,\"obtainAllPrivilege\":false,\"obtainUserPrivilege\":false,\"obtainOtherPrivilege\":false,\"userInteractionRequired\":false}]},\"weaknesses\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"CWE-295\"}]}],\"configurations\":[{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"B7923ECD-EEDF-4D48-9ED6-87015CE0CA62\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"5876269F-33C4-4B1C-AF06-9A759FAF648C\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"00CC5273-FD17-4939-AFA2-2EB83D198133\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"3C4433E6-22A9-495B-8D53-85A70C61DE52\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"0FCDBFCB-A468-4906-9C23-FDFC8E9BF079\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"2BB1D79C-C494-4B1E-93B4-3893FA0769B9\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"3E93213F-1C9B-42D7-BA99-ECE1860AFD2B\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"397B5EA3-1A2B-4994-BA75-A518A5DD455B\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"271247EB-1B01-4EF5-9FA0-544F3076DE46\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"95814164-7E9C-41F0-B6BE-3591D910C194\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"2C6ACA7D-EC6E-4392-A3E6-ADC3F4425144\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"F3484CEC-98E6-4261-A985-7D57E2D84054\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"4C694D04-2661-4A55-A6DB-80F2358F3991\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"B85A5402-3278-4DC4-8730-D5CB21C5DA1E\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"80C7FBC9-C7B2-43E9-B33B-6465047FECE6\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"31D943C2-A047-4A7F-8E71-CFE0024BE911\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"4EB0711E-CB5F-43E9-91EB-2BDB9175824E\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"4C5C3250-A46A-46D4-A3A1-474DA9197135\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"604C9743-65B0-4A04-A004-C9248FE9D722\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"3C3CCA94-4EC3-410E-9ED0-ABFE506A807C\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"627DBD85-AD43-42E1-9D3F-2C8707F4B9B4\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"DDE9DEBC-B513-4692-A5C2-128FE960D63E\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"90AE9807-86DE-4DD7-8399-D09B37B6F41D\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"02B632C9-1CDE-4141-B3F3-1D97E59EE391\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"88D9ACDE-4F82-4291-870F-466A133431A1\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"B42C7022-2502-4341-A50A-0B99E283AAC0\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"101A55B7-B147-4B35-A5F8-5BB0314FD805\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"1F25FF46-DC19-45EB-A4AA-2E09068EB4BE\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"146E9E56-3FC2-4B50-A329-6F50662C1CEB\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"9E04EEA5-6FE6-425F-9CA5-8BD6917B5C52\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"3A4DF770-7342-401E-AFDA-181384C72275\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"344995CB-4E95-42AE-B909-A4148148E40B\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"63616621-2753-4095-B1E6-71289422D099\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"F128AEB9-6D5F-47C8-B119-7D8061C6F8BC\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"250F614B-0BFB-4DBA-B78C-E3DA99DE0240\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"523F2759-5610-4F03-BA8D-60C20D9FB57B\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"1975C695-0C1C-4585-BEE9-234E0C2BF9F4\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"F8C14B7B-DE1F-4751-A681-B051CC55163E\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"AE8AFD34-B980-49A8-AD6B-F92DBD695102\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"A1A284F5-758D-4040-9920-9DD72122A4CE\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"395C69E7-A926-40F1-B546-0436BAEF48B0\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"6DB1B932-1EAF-4C8E-BC5C-46F5F144D9B6\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"7384A2FE-4BFB-45CE-BF0C-7785D8900DA3\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"D12E2D1A-981B-4E77-88D0-9EA6990EE438\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"F5ACBE09-02EA-4741-AD5C-6E15C1E2064C\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"282C236A-6D50-4F0A-8642-1EED7F766089\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"2AD42BAC-84AD-4C83-A855-2F8B7698AF30\"}]}]}],\"references\":[{\"url\":\"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039141\",\"source\":\"vulnreport@tenable.com\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\",\"VDB Entry\"]},{\"url\":\"https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-11\",\"source\":\"vulnreport@tenable.com\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039141\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\",\"VDB Entry\"]},{\"url\":\"https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-11\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]}]}}"
  }
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.