Input validation error in Tenable Nessus - CVE-2019-3974
Published: August 14, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20268
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3974
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Tenable Nessus
How to mitigate CVE-2019-3974
Install updates from vendor's website.
Tenable Nessus - update to 8.6.0