The remote Debian 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6124 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-6124-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     February 08, 2026                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : wireshark     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-9817 CVE-2025-11626 CVE-2025-13499 CVE-2025-13945                      CVE-2025-13946 CVE-2026-0959 CVE-2026-0960 CVE-2026-0961                      CVE-2026-0962

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discocvered in Wireshark, a network     protocol analyzer which could result in denial of service or the     execution of arbitrary code.

    For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in     version 4.4.13-0+deb13u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.

    For the detailed security status of wireshark please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/wireshark

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Debian dsa-6124 : libwireshark-data - security update

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Version 1.2 Feb 9, 2026, 4:07 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 7.8) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2026-0962, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Plugin Feed: 202602091607
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