Tenable Nessus
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.78 % · percentile 78 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- tenable
- NVD status
- Modified
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2019-13589
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2019-3982
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2019-AVI-529 — Vulnérabilité dans Tenable Nessus · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 8.6.0
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Tenable Nessus | affected All versions prior to 8.6.0 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |