Medium severity · published Oct 23, 2019
CVE-2019-3982
Nessus versions 8.6.0 and earlier were found to contain a Denial of Service vulnerability due to improper validation of specific imported scan types
6.5
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Nessus versions 8.6.0 and earlier were found to contain a Denial of Service vulnerability due to improper validation of specific imported scan types. An authenticated, remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to cause a Nessus scanner to become temporarily unresponsive.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
Nessus · Tenable
through 8.6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3982
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3982
Vendor Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-06
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