Debian DLA-681-1 : tzdata new upstream version

high Nessus Plugin ID 94295

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

This update includes the changes in tzdata up to 2016h. Notable changes are :

- Asia/Gaza and Asia/Hebron (DST ending on 2016-10-29 at 01:00, not 2016-10-21 at 00:00).

- Europe/Istanbul switch from EET/EEST (+02/+03) to permanent +03 on 2016-09-07. While the time zone has changed, the divergence from EET/EEST will happen on 2016-10-30.

- Turkey switched from EET/EEST (+02/+03) to permanent +03, effective 2016-09-07.

- New leap second 2016-12-31 23:59:60 UTC as per IERS Bulletin C 52.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 2016h-0+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your tzdata packages.

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 tzdata, and tzdata-java packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/10/msg00036.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/tzdata

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94295

File Name: debian_DLA-681.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/27/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tzdata, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tzdata-java, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/26/2016