Debian DLA-2424-1 : tzdata new upstream version

high Nessus Plugin ID 142169

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

tzdata, the time zone and daylight-saving time data, has been updated to the latest version.

- Revised predictions for Morocco's changes starting in 2023.

- Macquarie Island has stayed in sync with Tasmania since 2011.

- Casey, Antarctica is at +08 in winter and +11 in summer since 2018.

- Palestine ends DST earlier than predicted, on 2020-10-24.

- Fiji starts DST later than usual, on 2020-12-20.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 2020d-0+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your tzdata 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 tzdata package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142169

File Name: debian_DLA-2424.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/2/2020

Updated: 11/2/2020

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/31/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/31/2020

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