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Debian DSA-4117-1 : gcc-4.9 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 106875

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

This update doesn't fix a vulnerability in GCC itself, but instead provides support for building retpoline-enabled Linux kernel updates.

Solution

Upgrade the gcc-4.9 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 4.9.2-10+deb8u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/gcc-4.9

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/gcc-4.9

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4117

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106875

File Name: debian_DSA-4117.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/20/2018

Updated: 11/13/2018

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gcc-4.9, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2018

Reference Information

DSA: 4117