CVE-2019-3982 (GCVE-0-2019-3982)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-10-23 18:55 – Updated: 2024-08-04 19:26
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Summary
Nessus versions 8.6.0 and earlier were found to contain a Denial of Service vulnerability due to improper validation of specific imported scan types. An authenticated, remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to cause a Nessus scanner to become temporarily unresponsive.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Denial of Service
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Tenable Nessus Affected: All versions prior to 8.6.0
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