CVE-2019-3982

MEDIUM

Nessus < 8.6.0 - Authenticated Denial of Service via Imported Scan Type

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-06

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0067
EPSS Percentile 71.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
tenable/nessus < 8.6.0
Published Oct 23, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026