SB2022121934 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Nessus Network Monitor



SB2022121934 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Nessus Network Monitor

Published: December 19, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022121934
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Prototype Pollution (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23383)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when selecting certain compiling options to compile templates. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


2) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23369)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


3) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24785)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences within the npm version of Moment.js. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.


4) Incorrect Regular Expression (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31129)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of user-supplied input when parsing overly long strings. A remote attacker can pass a string that contains more that 10k characters and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.