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

  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux - kernel: referencing inode of removed superblock in get_futex_key() causes UAF     Ubuntu Linux - A flaw was found in the Linux kernels futex implementation. This flaw allows a local     attacker to corrupt system memory or escalate their privileges when creating a futex on a filesystem that     is about to be unmounted. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as     well as system availability. (CVE-2020-14381)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-14381

high Nessus Plugin ID 223279

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