Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | libnasl/nessus vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-279-1 | First vendor Publication | 2006-05-03 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2006-05-03 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 2.6 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | High |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 4.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) The following packages are affected: libnasl2 The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 2.2.3-1ubuntu0.1 (libnasl-dev and libnasl2) and 2.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 (libnasl-dev and libnasl2). After a standard system upgrade you need to restart nessusd to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Jayesh KS discovered that the nasl_split() function in the NASL (Nessus Attack Scripting Language) library did not check for a zero-length separator argument, which lead to an invalid memory allocation. This library is primarily used in the Nessus security scanner; a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the Nessus daemon to crash. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-279-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-399 | Resource Management Errors |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 25084 | Nessus NASL Processing split Function Remote Overflow DoS Nessus NASL contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a rouge plugin is loaded by the Nessus server which contains a malicious 'split' function call, and will result in loss of availability for the platform. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2006-05-13 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-279-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:03:25 |
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