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Debian dsa-5953 : catdoc - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 240918

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5953 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5953-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso June 29, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : catdoc CVE ID : CVE-2024-48877 CVE-2024-52035 CVE-2024-54028 Debian Bug : 1107168

 Several vulnerabilities were discovered in catdoc, a text extractor for MS-Office files, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a specially crafted file is processed.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 1:0.95-6~deb12u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your catdoc packages.

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

 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: [email protected]

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.

Solution

Upgrade the catdoc packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/catdoc

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-48877

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-52035

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-54028

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/catdoc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 240918

File Name: debian_DSA-5953.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/29/2025

Updated: 6/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-54028

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:catdoc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-48877, CVE-2024-52035, CVE-2024-54028