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TI-2003-00351 Aliases CVE-2003-0373GHSA-p685-86cj-cwf4

Multiple buffer overflows in libnasl in Nessus before 2.0.6 allow local users with plugin…

Priority LOW 21CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in libnasl in Nessus before 2.0.6 allow local users with plugin upload privileges to cause a denial of service (core dump) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a long proto argument to the scanner_add_port function, (2) a long user argument to the ftp_log_in function, (3) a long pass argument to the ftp_log_in function.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00429 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.0.5VulnerableNessus
  • cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.0.5 Vulnerable ·Nessus

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2003-0373
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p685-86cj-cwf4

References

Other 2

  • TI-2003-00352 Multiple unknown vulnerabilities in Nessus before 2.0.6, in libnessus and possibly… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2007-03439 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Windows GUI in Nessus Vulnerability… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2003-00350 Signed integer vulnerability in libnasl in Nessus before 2.0.6 allows local users with… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.6
  • TI-2006-02038 Nessus before 2.2.8, and 3.x before 3.0.3, allows user-assisted attackers to cause a… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.6
  • TI-2004-01322 A race condition in nessus-adduser in Nessus 2.0.11 and possibly earlier versions, if the… CVSS 2.0LOW 3.7
  • TI-2004-02592 Nessus 2.0.10a stores account passwords in plaintext in .nessusrc files, which allows… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1

Sources

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