Nessus CVE-2017-7849 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	97951
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2017-7849
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Apr 19 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	May 02 2017 03:07AM
Credit:	Jakub Palaczynski
Vulnerable:	Nessus Nessus 6.10.4 Nessus Nessus 6.10.3
Not Vulnerable:	Nessus Nessus 6.10.5

Nessus CVE-2017-7849 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Nessus is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to cause denial-of-service condition.

Nessus 6.10.0 through 6.10.4 are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Nessus CVE-2017-7849 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Nessus CVE-2017-7849 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Nessus CVE-2017-7849 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Nessus Homepage (Tenable Network Security)
  
• [R3] Nessus 6.10.5 Fixes Two Vulnerabilities (Tenable)