SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2003-0373

Multiple buffer overflows in libnasl in Nessus before 2.0.6 allow local users with plugin upload privileges to cause a denial of service (core dump) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a long proto argument to the scanner_add_port function, (2)…

MEDIUM 4.4EPSS 0.43%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in libnasl in Nessus before 2.0.6 allow local users with plugin upload privileges to cause a denial of service (core dump) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a long proto argument to the scanner_add_port function, (2) a long user argument to the ftp_log_in function, (3) a long pass argument to the ftp_log_in function.

CVSS 2.0
4.4 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
0.43% probability · 36th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
nessus/nessus
Source
cve@mitre.org

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