Debian DLA-785-1 : wireless-regdb new upstream version

high Nessus Plugin ID 96493

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

This update includes the changes in wireless-regdb 2016.06.10, reflecting changes to radio regulations in many countries and adding information about additional countries.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', the update is available as version 2016.06.10-1~deb7u1. For Debian 8 'Jessie', it is available as version 2016.06.10-1~deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireless-regdb 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 wireless-regdb package.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/01/msg00019.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/wireless-regdb

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96493

File Name: debian_DLA-785.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:wireless-regdb, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2017