A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the implementation of split() function in NASL. This causes nasl to consume a large amount of CPU and memory resources and stop responding. Execution of arbitrary commands on the vulnerable host may be possible. This affects Nessus 3.0.2, 2.2.7 and prior releases.
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Source: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/45813/os2a_1005.txt.html