FKIE_CVE-2017-7849

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-04-19 14:59 - Updated: 2026-05-13 00:24
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Nessus 6.10.x before 6.10.5 was found to be vulnerable to a local denial of service condition due to insecure permissions when running in Agent Mode.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97951Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-10Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97951Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-10Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tenable nessus 6.10.0
tenable nessus 6.10.1
tenable nessus 6.10.2
tenable nessus 6.10.3
tenable nessus 6.10.4
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