Debian DSA-4121-1 : gcc-6 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 106956

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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-6 packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 6.3.0-18+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106956

File Name: debian_DSA-4121.nasl

Version: 3.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/23/2018

Updated: 11/10/2018

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gcc-6

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2018

Reference Information

DSA: 4121

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