CVE-2017-11506

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.4
Exploit probability—
ProductTenable Nessus
PublishedAug 9, 2017
First seenAug 9, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
tenable nessus6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.3.3, 6.3.4, 6.3.5, 6.3.6, 6.3.7, 6.4.0, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 6.5.6, 6.6.0, 6.6.1, 6.6.2, 6.7.0, 6.8.0, 6.8.1, 6.9.0, 6.9.1, 6.9.2, 6.9.3, 6.10.0, 6.10.1, 6.10.2, 6.10.3, 6.10.4, 6.10.5, 6.10.6, 6.10.7, 6.10.8, 6.10.9—

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