The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - block/scsi_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8 does not properly consider the SCSI device class during     authorization of SCSI commands, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via an     SG_IO ioctl call that leverages overlapping opcodes. (CVE-2012-4542)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2012-4542

high Nessus Plugin ID 217729

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Version 1.3 Sep 1, 2025, 12:37 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202509011237
Version 1.2 Aug 19, 2025, 8:36 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 7.8) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") CVSSv3 severity (based on None, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202508190836
Version 1.1 Mar 4, 2025, 9:21 AM New Plugin Feed: 202503040921