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Debian dsa-6073 : ffmpeg - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 277613

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 13 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6073 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6073-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff December 07, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : ffmpeg CVE ID : CVE-2025-25473

 Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the FFmpeg multimedia framework, which could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if malformed files/streams are processed.

 For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in version 7:7.1.3-0+deb13u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your ffmpeg packages.

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

 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 ffmpeg packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-25473

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 277613

File Name: debian_DSA-6073.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/8/2025

Updated: 12/8/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-25473

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavcodec-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ffmpeg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavformat-extra, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavdevice-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libswresample-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavfilter10, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ffmpeg-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavcodec-extra61, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavformat-extra61, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavdevice61, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavutil59, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libswscale8, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavfilter-extra, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavcodec-extra, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libswscale-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavfilter-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavfilter-extra10, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavcodec61, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavformat-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpostproc-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpostproc58, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavformat61, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libswresample5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavutil-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-25473

IAVB: 2025-B-0018-S