The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6193 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-6193-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso     April 03, 2026                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : inetutils     CVE ID         : CVE-2026-32746 CVE-2026-32772     Debian Bug     : 1130741 1130742

    Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the inetutils implementation     of telnetd and telnet, which may result in privilege escalation or     information disclosure.

    For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed     in version 2:2.4-2+deb12u3.

    For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in     version 2:2.6-3+deb13u3.

    We recommend that you upgrade your inetutils packages.

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

    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-6193 : inetutils-ftp - security update

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