[R1] Nessus Agent 7.6.3 Fixes Multiple Third-party Vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-1551   CVE-2020-1967  

Nessus Agent leverages third-party software to help provide underlying functionality. One of the third-party components (OpenSSL) was found to contain a multiple 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 library to address the potential impact of these issues in Nessus Agent. Nessus Agent 7.6.3 updates OpenSSL to version 1.1.1g to address the identified vulnerabilities.

Synopsis

Nessus Agent leverages third-party software to help provide underlying functionality. One of the third-party components (OpenSSL) was found to contain a multiple 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 library to address the potential impact of these issues in Nessus Agent. Nessus Agent 7.6.3 updates OpenSSL to version 1.1.1g to address the identified vulnerabilities.

Solution

Tenable has released Nessus Agent 7.6.3 to address these issues. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal (https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus-agents)