CVE-2019-3982

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2019-3982

Assigner
vulnreport@tenable.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2019-10-23T19:15:12

Last Modified Date
2019-10-28T18:10:10

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus::::::::	1	OR		8.6.0

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
6.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-06	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3982
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-3982

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:00:42				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 04:56:04	2019-10-23T19:15Z	2019-10-23T19:15:12	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 04:56:04		2019-10-28T18:10:10	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 04:56:04		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated