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Debian dsa-6516 : ghostscript - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 350696

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-6516 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6516-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso September 25, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : ghostscript CVE ID : CVE-2026-39919

 Multiple security issues were discovered in Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, which could result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code if malformed document files are processed.

 For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in version 10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u2.

 We recommend that you upgrade your ghostscript packages.

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

 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 ghostscript packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-39919

http://www.nessus.org/u?d0f45036

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 350696

File Name: debian_DSA-6516.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/25/2026

Updated: 9/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.29

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-39919

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs10-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-39919