Debian DLA-1622-1 : debian-security-support security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 119942

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

debian-security-support, the Debian security support coverage checker, has been updated in jessie. The jessie relevant changes are :

- Mark jasperreports as end-of-life in Jessie.

- Mark webkit2gtk as unsupported in all releases. (Closes:
#914567)

- Mark jruby in jessie as end-of-life as per DSA-4219-1 (Closes: #901032)

- Mark vlc in jessie as end-of-life as per DSA 4203-1

- mark frontaccounting as unsupported

- Mark redmine as end-of-life for Debian 8 (jessie) (Closes: #897609)

For Debian 8 'Jessie', the package version is 2018.11.25~deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your debian-security-support 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 debian-security-support package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 119942

File Name: debian_DLA-1622.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/31/2018

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:debian-security-support

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/30/2018

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