Input validation error in Tenable Nessus - CVE-2023-3252
Published: August 29, 2023 / Updated: September 24, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU80113
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3252
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote privileged user can alter logging variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host with log data, which could lead to a denial of service condition.
Affected software
Tenable Nessus
How to mitigate CVE-2023-3252
Install updates from vendor's website.
Tenable Nessus - addressed in versions 10.5.5, 10.6.0