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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2003-0372

Signed integer vulnerability in libnasl in Nessus before 2.0.6 allows local users with plugin upload privileges to cause a denial of service (core dump) and possibly execute arbitrary code by causing a negative argument to be provided to the insstr…

MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.89%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.89%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Signed integer vulnerability in libnasl in Nessus before 2.0.6 allows local users with plugin upload privileges to cause a denial of service (core dump) and possibly execute arbitrary code by causing a negative argument to be provided to the insstr function as used in a NASL script.

CVSS 2.0
4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
0.89% probability · 57th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-189
Affected
nessus/nessus
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.