CVE-2019-3982 Denial of service in Tenable Nessus
An authenticated remote attacker can cause a Tenable Nessus scanner to become unresponsive by exploiting improper validation of imported scan types.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-3982?
CVE-2019-3982 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, published on 23 Oct 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3982?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tenable Nessus.
How do I fix CVE-2019-3982?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3982 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-3982 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3982 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Tenable Nessus
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x9jp-rc2q-gpcp.