[R1] Nessus Network Monitor 5.5.0 Fixes One Third-party Vulnerability

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-3738   CVE-2018-0733   CVE-2018-0739  

Nessus Network Monitor leverages third-party software to help provide underlying functionality. One of the third-party components (OpenSSL) were found to contain vulnerabilities, and updated versions have been made available by the providers. Out of caution and in line with good practice, Tenable opted to upgrade the bundled OpenSSL to address the potential impact of these issues. Nessus Network Monitor 5.5.0 updates OpenSSL to version 1.0.2o to address the identified vulnerabilities.

Synopsis

Nessus Network Monitor leverages third-party software to help provide underlying functionality. One of the third-party components (OpenSSL) were found to contain vulnerabilities, and updated versions have been made available by the providers.

Out of caution and in line with good practice, Tenable opted to upgrade the bundled OpenSSL to address the potential impact of these issues. Nessus Network Monitor 5.5.0 updates OpenSSL to version 1.0.2o to address the identified vulnerabilities.

Solution

Tenable has released Nessus Network Monitor 5.5.0 to address this issue. The new version can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Page (https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus-network-monitor).