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.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2093
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26034
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/817
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015996
• http://www.osvdb.org/25084
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431987/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431993/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431994/100/0/threaded
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1541
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/279-1