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

  - A vulnerability in Apache OpenOffice Writer DOC file parser before 4.1.4, and specifically in     ImportOldFormatStyles, allows attackers to craft malicious documents that cause denial of service (memory     corruption and application crash) potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2017-12608)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-12608

high Nessus Plugin ID 220447

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Version 1.3 Aug 4, 2026, 2:26 AM CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:U/RL:U/RC:C") CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202608040226
Version 1.2 Sep 3, 2025, 4:10 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: 202509031610
Version 1.1 Mar 4, 2025, 5:38 PM New Plugin Feed: 202503041738