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

  - ksmbd: fix type confusion via race condition when using ipc_msg_send_request req->handle is allocated     using ksmbd_acquire_id(&ipc_ida), based on ida_alloc. req->handle from ksmbd_ipc_login_request and     FSCTL_PIPE_TRANSCEIVE ioctl can be same and it could lead to type confusion between messages, resulting in     access to unexpected parts of memory after an incorrect delivery. ksmbd check type of ipc response but     missing add continue to check next ipc reponse. (CVE-2025-21947)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-21947

medium Nessus Plugin ID 247503

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Version 1.9 Oct 27, 2025, 3:15 PM 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 metadata Plugin Feed: 202510271515
Version 1.8 Oct 14, 2025, 8:03 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202510140803
Version 1.6 Oct 1, 2025, 4:14 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202510010414
Version 1.2 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 1.1 Aug 11, 2025, 1:02 AM New Plugin Feed: 202508110102