Check Point Advisories

Nessus Scanners Scanning Attempt

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2021-0005
Date Published:	10 Jan 2021
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 20 January, 2022
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Servers
Vulnerability Description	Nessus is a vulnerability scanning product. Remote attackers can use Nessus to detect vulnerabilities on a target server.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Nessus Scanners Scanning Attempt protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Scanner Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Nessus Scanners Scanning Attempt