Debian DLA-784-1 : gcc-mozilla new package

high Nessus Plugin ID 96492

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

GCC 4.8 has been packaged as gcc-mozilla for Debian 7. This package will be needed for future updates to firefox-esr and icedove, and possibly other packages that require new versions of GCC.

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 gcc-mozilla package.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/01/msg00017.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/gcc-mozilla

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96492

File Name: debian_DLA-784.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/16/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gcc-mozilla, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2017