CVE-2017-11506

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    CVE-2017-11506

    Published: 9 Aug 2017Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
    None
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    High
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