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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : GDK-PixBuf vulnerabilities (USN-7662-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 242586

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7662-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that GDK-Pixbuf incorrectly handled certain GIF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.04, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and

 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-6199)

 It was discovered that GDK-Pixbuf incorrectly handled certain JPEG files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-7345)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7662-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 242586

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7662-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/22/2025

Updated: 7/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-6199

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gdk-pixbuf-tests, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/22/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-6199, CVE-2025-7345

USN: 7662-1