CVE-2003-0372

high

Description

Signed integer vulnerability in libnasl in Nessus before 2.0.6 allows local users with plugin upload privileges to cause a denial of service (core dump) and possibly execute arbitrary code by causing a negative argument to be provided to the insstr function as used in a NASL script.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7664

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105369506714849&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105364059803427&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-06-16

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00172