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Debian dsa-6079 : ffmpeg - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 278138

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6079 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6079-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff December 10, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : ffmpeg CVE ID : not yet available

 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 oldstable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 7:5.1.8-0+deb12u1.

 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://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/ffmpeg

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 278138

File Name: debian_DSA-6079.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/10/2025

Updated: 12/10/2025

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavcodec59, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ffmpeg-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libswscale-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavformat-extra59, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavformat59, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavformat-extra, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavcodec-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavdevice59, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavdevice-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavfilter-extra, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavcodec-extra59, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavcodec-extra, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ffmpeg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpostproc56, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libswresample4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpostproc-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libswscale6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavfilter-extra8, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavfilter-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavfilter8, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavutil-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavformat-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavutil57, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libswresample-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: 12/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2025