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Debian DLA-2542-1 : tzdata new upstream version

high Nessus Plugin ID 146129

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

This update includes the changes in tzdata 2021a. Notable changes are :

 - South Sudan changed from +03 to +02 on 2021-02-01.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 2021a-0+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your tzdata packages.

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

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.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00003.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/tzdata

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/tzdata

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146129

File Name: debian_DLA-2542.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/4/2021

Updated: 2/4/2021

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: 2/2/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2021