CVE-2003-0373 (GCVE-0-2003-0373)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-06-06 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:50
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
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| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105364059803427&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105369506714849&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7664 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Date Public
2003-05-22 00:00
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