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Debian dsa-6062 : pdfminer-data - security update

🗓️ 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Debian DSA-6062 fixes pdfminer CVE-2025-64512 allowing arbitrary code execution; upgrade.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
#
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory dsa-6062. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(276882);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/03/03");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-64512");

  script_name(english:"Debian dsa-6062 : pdfminer-data - security update");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6062
advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Debian Security Advisory DSA-6062-1                   [email protected]
    https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso
    November 25, 2025                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : pdfminer
    CVE ID         : CVE-2025-64512
    Debian Bug     : 1120642

    A vulnerability was discovered in pdfminer, a tool for extracting
    information from PDF documents, which may result in the execution of
    arbitrary code if a specially crafted PDF file is processed.

    For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed
    in version 20221105+dfsg-1.1~deb12u1.

    For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in
    version 20221105+dfsg-1.1~deb13u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your pdfminer packages.

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

    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.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/pdfminer");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-64512");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/pdfminer");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/trixie/pdfminer");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the pdfminer-data packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-64512");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/11/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/11/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/11/25");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pdfminer-data");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-pdfminer");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025-2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var debian_release = get_kb_item('Host/Debian/release');
if ( isnull(debian_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian');
debian_release = chomp(debian_release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(12)\.[0-9]+|^(13)\.[0-9]+", string:debian_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 12.0 / 13.0', 'Debian ' + debian_release);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Debian', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'pdfminer-data', 'reference': '20221105+dfsg-1.1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'python3-pdfminer', 'reference': '20221105+dfsg-1.1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '13.0', 'prefix': 'pdfminer-data', 'reference': '20221105+dfsg-1.1~deb13u1'},
    {'release': '13.0', 'prefix': 'python3-pdfminer', 'reference': '20221105+dfsg-1.1~deb13u1'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var _release = NULL;
  var prefix = NULL;
  var reference = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['prefix'])) prefix = package_array['prefix'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (_release && prefix && reference) {
    if (deb_check(release:_release, prefix:prefix, reference:reference)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : deb_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = deb_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'pdfminer-data / python3-pdfminer');
}

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