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

  - HID: quirks: Add quirk for 2 Chicony Electronics HP 5MP Cameras The Chicony Electronics HP 5MP Cameras     (USB ID 04F2:B824 & 04F2:B82C) report a HID sensor interface that is not actually implemented. Attempting     to access this non-functional sensor via iio_info causes system hangs as runtime PM tries to wake up an     unresponsive sensor. Add these 2 devices to the HID ignore list since the sensor interface is non-     functional by design and should not be exposed to userspace. (CVE-2025-38540)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-38540

high Nessus Plugin ID 259978

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Version 1.11 Nov 26, 2025, 1:15 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202511261315
Version 1.8 Oct 27, 2025, 3:15 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 5.6) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C") 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") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2025-38540, severity decreased from "High" to "Medium") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202510271515
Version 1.7 Oct 14, 2025, 8:03 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202510140803
Version 1.1 Aug 31, 2025, 7:32 PM New Plugin Feed: 202508311932