Debian DLA-465-1 : debian-security-support update

high Nessus Plugin ID 91050

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It is not feasible to fully support some Debian packages through the releases life cycle. The debian-security-support package provides the check-support-status tool that helps to warn the administrator about installed packages whose security support is limited or has to prematurely end.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', debian-security-support version 2016.05.09+nmu1~deb7u1 updates the list of packages with restricted support in Wheezy LTS. In particular, this version also includes a new feature to notify the user about oncoming end-of-lifes.

We recommend you to install the debian-security-support and run check-support-status to verify the status of installed packages.
Please, refer to the check-support-status (1) man page for more information about how to use it.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected debian-security-support package.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/05/msg00017.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/debian-security-support

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91050

File Name: debian_DLA-465.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/12/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:debian-security-support, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2016