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Debian dsa-6062 : pdfminer-data - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 276882

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6062 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6062-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso November 25, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : pdfminer CVE ID : CVE-2025-64512 Debian Bug : 1120642

 A vulnerability was discovered in pdfminer, a tool for extracting information from PDF documents, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a specially crafted PDF file is processed.

 For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 20221105+dfsg-1.1~deb12u1.

 For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in version 20221105+dfsg-1.1~deb13u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your pdfminer packages.

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

 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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the pdfminer-data packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-64512

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

https://packages.debian.org/source/trixie/pdfminer

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 276882

File Name: debian_DSA-6062.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/25/2025

Updated: 11/25/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-64512

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-pdfminer, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pdfminer-data

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-64512