PT-2019-16824 · Tenable · Nessus

Nassim Abbaoui · Published 2019-10-23 · Updated 2019-10-28 · CVE-2019-3982

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Nessus versions 8.6.0 and earlier

Description The issue is due to improper validation of specific imported scan types, which could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a Nessus scanner to become temporarily unresponsive.

Recommendations For versions 8.6.0 and earlier, update to a version later than 8.6.0 to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-3982

Affected Products

Nessus

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3982 · Security Note
• https://tenable.com/security/tns-2019-06 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-3982 · Vendor Advisory