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Debian dsa-6115 : gimp - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 297053

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-6115 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6115-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff January 29, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : gimp CVE ID : CVE-2025-15059

 A buffer overflow was discovered in GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, which could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if malformed PSP images are opened.

 For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 2.10.34-1+deb12u7.

 For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.4-3+deb13u5.

 We recommend that you upgrade your gimp packages.

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

 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 gimp packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-15059

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 297053

File Name: debian_DSA-6115.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/28/2026

Updated: 1/28/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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-2025-15059

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gimp-data, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgimp2.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gimp, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgimp2.0-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgimp-3.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgimp2.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-gimp-3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgimp-3.0-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgimp-3.0-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgimp-3.0-0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-15059

IAVB: 2026-B-0003