CVE-2017-11506

CVSS V2 Medium 5.8 CVSS V3 High 7.4
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-11506
  • Assigner
  • vulnreport@tenable.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-08-09T12:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-24T16:28:25
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-295 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.4
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 5.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-11 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039141 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11506
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11506
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:53:59 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 19:46:53 2017-08-09T12:29Z 2017-08-09T12:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 19:46:53 2017-08-24T16:28:25 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 19:46:53 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated