CVE-2003-0373

Nessus < 2.0.6 - Buffer Overflow via Long Arguments in libnasl Functions

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105364059803427&w=2
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105369506714849&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7664

Scores

EPSS 0.0043
EPSS Percentile 34.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
nessus/nessus < 2.0.5
Published Jun 16, 2003
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026