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Debian dla-4330 : ghostscript - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 270336

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4330 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4330-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Abhijith PA October 14, 2025 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : ghostscript Version : 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u11 CVE ID : CVE-2025-7462 CVE-2025-59798 CVE-2025-59799

 Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in ghostcript, an interpreter for the PostScript language and PDF.

 CVE-2025-7462

 Function pdf_ferror of the file devices/vector/gdevpdf.c of the component New Output File Open Error Handler. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely.

 CVE-2025-59798

 A stack-based buffer overflow in pdf_write_cmap in devices/vector/gdevpdtw.c.

 CVE-2025-59799

 a stack-based buffer overflow in pdfmark_coerce_dest in devices/vector/gdevpdfm.c via a large size value.

 For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u11.

 We recommend that you upgrade your ghostscript packages.

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

 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

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 ghostscript packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-59798

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-59799

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-7462

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/ghostscript

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 270336

File Name: debian_DLA-4330.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2025

Updated: 10/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-7462

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-59799

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 1.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs9-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-x, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs9, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-59798, CVE-2025-59799, CVE-2025-7462