The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3512 advisory.

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    Package        : linux-5.10     Version        : 5.10.179-3~deb10u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2023-2156 CVE-2023-3390 CVE-2023-3610 CVE-2023-20593                      CVE-2023-31248 CVE-2023-35001

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

    CVE-2023-2156

        It was discovered that a flaw in the handling of the RPL protocol         may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of         service if RPL is enabled (not by default in Debian).

    CVE-2023-3390

        A use-after-free flaw in the netfilter subsystem caused by         incorrect error path handling may result in denial of service or         privilege escalation.

    CVE-2023-3610

        A use-after-free flaw in the netfilter subsystem caused by         incorrect refcount handling on the table and chain destroy path         may result in denial of service or privilege escalation.

    CVE-2023-20593

        Tavis Ormandy discovered that under specific microarchitectural         circumstances, a vector register in AMD Zen 2 CPUs may not be         written to 0 correctly.  This flaw allows an attacker to leak         sensitive information across concurrent processes, hyper threads         and virtualized guests.

        For details please refer to         <https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/zenbleed.html> and         <https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-v6wh-rxpg-cmm8>.

        This issue can also be mitigated by a microcode update through the         amd64-microcode package or a system firmware (BIOS/UEFI) update.
        However, the initial microcode release by AMD only provides         updates for second generation EPYC CPUs.  Various Ryzen CPUs are         also affected, but no updates are available yet.

    CVE-2023-31248

        Mingi Cho discovered a use-after-free flaw in the Netfilter         nf_tables implementation when using nft_chain_lookup_byid, which         may result in local privilege escalation for a user with the         CAP_NET_ADMIN capability in any user or network namespace.

    CVE-2023-35001

        Tanguy DUBROCA discovered an out-of-bounds reads and write flaw in         the Netfilter nf_tables implementation when processing an         nft_byteorder expression, which may result in local privilege         escalation for a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability in any         user or network namespace.

    For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version     5.10.179-3~deb10u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your linux-5.10 packages.

    For the detailed security status of linux-5.10 please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/linux-5.10

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS     Attachment:
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Debian dla-3512 : linux-config-5.10 - security update

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