CVE-2017-11506 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Reference

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039141 https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-11

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.4