CVE-2003-0372 describes a signed integer vulnerability in libnasl within Nessus versions prior to 2.0.6. This flaw allows local users with plugin upload privileges to trigger a denial of service (core dump) and potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a negative argument to the insstr function in a NASL script. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on KEV or having Metasploit/Nuclei exploits, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-22634) exists for arbitrary code execution, and it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.