[R6] SecurityCenter 5.4.1 Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2016-7103   CVE-2016-7052   CVE-2016-7412   CVE-2016-7413   CVE-2016-7414   CVE-2016-7415   CVE-2016-7416   CVE-2016-7417   CVE-2016-7418   CVE-2016-7124   CVE-2016-7125   CVE-2016-7126   CVE-2016-7127   CVE-2016-7128   CVE-2016-7129   CVE-2016-7130   CVE-2016-7131   CVE-2016-7132   CVE-2016-9137  

SecurityCenter has recently been discovered to have several vulnerabilities. Two were reported by external parties while the rest were discovered during internal testing. Note that the library vulnerabilities were not fully diagnosed so SecurityCenter may or may not be impacted. Tenable opted to upgrade the libraries as it was more efficient. Details of the issues (with internal IDs for your tracking pleasure): 5 stored XSS that require authentication (31263, 31309, 31283, 31310, 31311) discovered internally by Chris Broome 1 stored XSS that requires authentication (12277) discovered internally by Kyle Teahan 1 stored XSS that requires authentication (31374) discovered internally 2 stored XSS that require authentication (31518, 31410) discovered and reported to Tenable by Kaustubh Padwad jQuery UI was upgraded to 1.12.0 potentially fixing 1 vulnerability PHP was upgraded to 5.6.28 fixing 4 vulnerabilities, 14 vulnerabilities from 5.6.27, 13 vulnerabilities from 5.6.26, and 19 from 5.6.25 (some of which are covered by IAVM 2016-B-0133) OpenSSL was upgraded to 1.0.2j fixing 1 vulnerability Tenable would like to thank Kaustubh Padwad for privately reporting issues and giving us time to provide a fix for customers. Please note that Tenable strongly recommends that SecurityCenter be installed on a subnet that is not Internet addressable.

Synopsis

SecurityCenter has recently been discovered to have several vulnerabilities. Two were reported by external parties while the rest were discovered during internal testing. Note that the library vulnerabilities were not fully diagnosed so SecurityCenter may or may not be impacted. Tenable opted to upgrade the libraries as it was more efficient. Details of the issues (with internal IDs for your tracking pleasure):

  • 5 stored XSS that require authentication (31263, 31309, 31283, 31310, 31311) discovered internally by Chris Broome
  • 1 stored XSS that requires authentication (12277) discovered internally by Kyle Teahan
  • 1 stored XSS that requires authentication (31374) discovered internally
  • 2 stored XSS that require authentication (31518, 31410) discovered and reported to Tenable by Kaustubh Padwad
  • jQuery UI was upgraded to 1.12.0 potentially fixing 1 vulnerability
  • PHP was upgraded to 5.6.28 fixing 4 vulnerabilities, 14 vulnerabilities from 5.6.27, 13 vulnerabilities from 5.6.26, and 19 from 5.6.25 (some of which are covered by IAVM 2016-B-0133)
  • OpenSSL was upgraded to 1.0.2j fixing 1 vulnerability

Tenable would like to thank Kaustubh Padwad for privately reporting issues and giving us time to provide a fix for customers.

Please note that Tenable strongly recommends that SecurityCenter be installed on a subnet that is not Internet addressable.

Solution

Tenable has released SecurityCenter 5.4.1 to address these issues. The new version can be obtained from the Tenable Support Portal (https://support.tenable.com/support-center/index.php?x=&mod_id=160).