Debian DLA-2510-1 : libdatetime-timezone-perl new upstream release

high Nessus Plugin ID 144638

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

This update includes the changes in tzdata 2020e for the Perl bindings. For the list of changes, see DLA-2510-1.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1:2.09-1+2020e.

We recommend that you upgrade your libdatetime-time zone-perl packages.

For the detailed security status of libdatetime-time zone-perl please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libdatetime-time zone-perl

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 libdatetime-timezone-perl package.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00040.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/libdatetime-timezone-perl

http://www.nessus.org/u?9e4a1426

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 144638

File Name: debian_DLA-2510.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/30/2020

Updated: 12/30/2020

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdatetime-timezone-perl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/29/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/29/2020