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Debian dsa-6550 : ghostscript - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 367974

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6550 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6550-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso October 10, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : ghostscript CVE ID : CVE-2026-101258 CVE-2026-103226

 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+deb13u3.

 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 these issues 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-2026-101258

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-103226

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 367974

File Name: debian_DSA-6550.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2026

Updated: 10/20/2026

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: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.21

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-103226

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-101258

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 1.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/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: 10/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-101258, CVE-2026-103226