Double Free Affecting nmap package, versions [0,7.80)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.17% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NMAP-2364145
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed29 Aug 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Aug 2019

CVE-2017-18594  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade nmap to version 7.80 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Double Free nse_libssh2.cc in Nmap 7.70 is subject to a denial of service condition due to a double free when an SSH connection fails, as demonstrated by a leading \n character to ssh-brute.nse or ssh-auth-methods.nse.

CVSS Base Scores

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