The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6200 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-6200-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     April 05, 2026                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : tor     CVE ID         : not yet available

    Two security vulnerabilities (TROVE-2026-004 and TROVE-2025-015) were     discovered in Tor, a connection-based low-latency anonymous     communication system, which could result in denial of service.

    For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed     in version 0.4.9.6-0+deb12u1.

    For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in     version 0.4.9.6-0+deb13u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your tor packages.

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

    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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Debian dsa-6200 : tor - security update

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