PT-2017-17951 · Tenable · Nessus

Published 2017-04-19 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-7849

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Nessus versions 6.10.x through 6.10.4

Description A local denial of service condition was found due to insecure permissions when running in Agent Mode.

Recommendations For Nessus versions 6.10.x through 6.10.4, update to version 6.10.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Incorrect Permission

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-732

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-7849

Affected Products

Nessus

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7849 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7849 · Vendor Advisory
• https://tenable.com/security/tns-2017-10 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/97951 · Note