CVE-2006-2093

Description

Nessus before 2.2.8, and 3.x before 3.0.3, allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a NASL script that calls split with an invalid sep parameter. NOTE: a design goal of the NASL language is to facilitate sharing of security tests by guaranteeing that a script "can not do anything nasty." This issue is appropriate for CVE only if Nessus users have an expectation that a split statement will not use excessive memory.

Category

2.6
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.11% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431987/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://usn.ubuntu.com/279-1/ vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431993/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/817 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1541 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431994/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26034 vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015996 patch vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/25084 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2093?
CVE-2006-2093 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2093?
To fix CVE-2006-2093, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-2093 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-2093 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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