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

  - net: appletalk: Fix device refcount leak in atrtr_create() When updating an existing route entry in     atrtr_create(), the old device reference was not being released before assigning the new device, leading     to a device refcount leak. Fix this by calling dev_put() to release the old device reference before     holding the new one. (CVE-2025-38542)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-38542

high Nessus Plugin ID 259985

Version 1.7

Version 1.6

Version 1.1

Version 1.7 Oct 27, 2025, 3:15 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 4.9) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 7.1) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H") 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") CVSSv3 severity (based on None, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202510271515
Version 1.6 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