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

  - ksmbd: transport_ipc: validate payload size before reading handle handle_response() dereferences the     payload as a 4-byte handle without verifying that the declared payload size is at least 4 bytes. A     malformed or truncated message from ksmbd.mountd can lead to a 4-byte read past the declared payload size.
    Validate the size before dereferencing. This is a minimal fix to guard the initial handle read.
    (CVE-2025-40084)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-40084

high Nessus Plugin ID 271980

Version 1.3

Version 1.1

Version 1.3 Oct 31, 2025, 8:07 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 2.1) CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2025-40084, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202510312007
Version 1.1 Oct 30, 2025, 6:41 AM New Plugin Feed: 202510300641