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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 : libcupsfilters vulnerabilities (USN-7877-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 276522

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7877-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that libcupsfilters incorrectly handled certain malformed TIFF image files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libcupsfilters to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-57812)

 It was discovered that libcupsfilters incorrectly handled certain malformed PDF document files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libcupsfilters to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-64503)

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-7877-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 276522

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7877-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/22/2025

Updated: 11/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-57812

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcupsfilters2t64, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcupsfilters-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcupsfilters-tests, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcupsfilters2-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: 11/20/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-57812, CVE-2025-64503

USN: 7877-1