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

  - ksmbd: limit repeated connections from clients with the same IP Repeated connections from clients with the     same IP address may exhaust the max connections and prevent other normal client connections. This patch     limit repeated connections from clients with the same IP. (CVE-2025-38501)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-38501

medium Nessus Plugin ID 259991

Version 1.7

Version 1.6

Version 1.3

Version 1.1

Version 1.7 Oct 29, 2025, 3:03 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202510290303
Version 1.6 Oct 27, 2025, 11:56 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202510272356
Version 1.3 Sep 8, 2025, 1:52 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 5.0) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P") CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2025-38501, severity increased from "Low" to "Medium") CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202509080152
Version 1.1 Aug 31, 2025, 7:32 PM New Plugin Feed: 202508311932