The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5954 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5954-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso     June 30, 2025                         https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : sudo     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-32462

    Rich Mirch discovered that sudo, a program designed to provide limited     super user privileges to specific users, does not correctly handle the     host (-h or --host) option. Due to a bug the host option was not     restricted to listing privileges only and could be used when running a     command via sudo or editing a file with sudoedit. Depending on the rules     present in the sudoers file the flaw might allow a local privilege     escalation attack.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in     version 1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2.

    We recommend that you upgrade your sudo packages.

    For the detailed security status of sudo please refer to its security     tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/sudo

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Debian dsa-5954 : libnss-sudo - security update

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