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Re: NASL 'Split' function Buffer overflow Vulnerability

From: Renaud Deraison (deraisonnessus.org)
Date: Tue Apr 25 2006 - 12:20:36 CDT

On Apr 25, 2006, at 1:09 PM, Renaud Deraison wrote:

>
> On Apr 25, 2006, at 3:51 AM, OS2A BTO wrote:
>>
>> We have discovered a vulnerability in libnasl of Nessus which can
>> cause Denial of
>> Service. We have attached the advisory which details the
>> vulnerability and
>> also has the fix. A patch for libnasl 2.2.4 is included.
>
>
> At the opposite of what the full advisory hints, this issue is NOT
> exploitable.

I meant to say : "not exploitable to execute arbitary code".

                                -- Renaud