CVE-2006-2093 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Nessus versions prior to 2.2.8 and 3.x prior to 3.0.3. An attacker, with user assistance, could exploit this by crafting a Network Attack Scripting Language (NASL) script that calls the 'split' function with an invalid separator, leading to excessive memory consumption. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network-based attack with high complexity and a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.0_rc1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:2.2.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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