SB2019081406 - Denial of service in Nessus
Published: August 14, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019081406
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3974)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote authenticated attacker can overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
Note, vulnerability affects Windows version of Nessus.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.