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

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix potential user-     after-free This fixes all instances of which requires to allocate a buffer calling alloc_skb which may     release the chan lock and reacquire later which makes it possible that the chan is disconnected in the     meantime. (CVE-2023-54214)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-54214

high Nessus Plugin ID 281505

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Version 1.2 Jan 2, 2026, 2:09 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202601020209
Version 1.1 Dec 31, 2025, 5:03 PM New Plugin Feed: 202512311703