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CVE-2006-2093
Nessus before 2.2.8, and 3.x before 3.0.3, allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a NASL…
Low2.6EPSS 3.7%
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- mitre
Description
Nessus before 2.2.8, and 3.x before 3.0.3, allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a NASL script that calls split with an invalid sep parameter. NOTE: a design goal of the NASL language is to facilitate sharing of security tests by guaranteeing that a script "can not do anything nasty." This issue is appropriate for CVE only if Nessus users have an expectation that a split statement will not use excessive memory.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (9)
- 20060425 NASL 'Split' function Buffer overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- USN-279-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 20060425 Re: NASL 'Split' function Buffer overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 817 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1541 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20060425 Re: NASL 'Split' function Buffer overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- nessus-nasl-split-dos(26034) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1015996 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 25084 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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