PT-2021-12477 · Tenable · Nessus Ami

Published 2021-02-05 · Updated 2021-02-10 · CVE-2020-5812

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Nessus AMI versions 8.12.0 and earlier

Description: The issue allows an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by using a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack, due to the software either not validating, or incorrectly validating, a certificate.

Recommendations: For Nessus AMI versions 8.12.0 and earlier, update to a version later than 8.12.0 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Certificate Validation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-295

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-5812

Affected Products

Nessus Ami

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5812 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-5812 · Vendor Advisory
• https://tenable.com/security/tns-2021-01 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/9520 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/23193 · Telegram Post