The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6306 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-6306-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso     May 28, 2026                          https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : linux     CVE ID         : CVE-2026-43503 CVE-2026-46174 CVE-2026-46300

    Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that     may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information     leaks.

    For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been     fixed in version 6.1.174-1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your linux packages.

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

    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-6306 : affs-modules-6.1.0-48-4kc-malta-di - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 317442

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