PT-2023-32553 · Nessus · Nessus

Published 2023-11-20 · Updated 2023-11-29 · CVE-2023-6178

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Nessus (affected versions not specified)

Description An issue exists where an authenticated attacker with privileges on the managing application could alter variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host, potentially leading to a denial of service condition.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-6178

Affected Products

Nessus

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6178 · Security Note
• https://tenable.com/security/tns-2023-41 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6178 · Vendor Advisory