The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6303 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-6203-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     April 08, 2026                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : tiff     CVE ID         : CVE-2026-4775

    Quang Luong discovered a heap overflow in the libtiff library, which may     result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if     malformed image files are processed.

    For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed     in version 4.5.0-6+deb12u4.

    For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in     version 4.7.0-3+deb13u2.

    We recommend that you upgrade your tiff packages.

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

    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: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

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.

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Debian dsa-6303 : libtiff-dev - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 307676

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.2 May 2, 2026, 1:15 AM IAVM reference STIG Severity (set to "I") Plugin Feed: 202605020115
Version 1.1 Apr 21, 2026, 6:07 PM New Plugin Feed: 202604211807