Debian DLA-1362-1 : gcc-4.9-backport new package

high Nessus Plugin ID 109346

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

GCC 4.9 has been packaged as gcc-4.9-backport for Debian 7. This package will be needed by future updates to linux, and possibly other packages, to implement the 'retpoline' mitigation for CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre variant 2).

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 gcc-4.9-backport package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109346

File Name: debian_DLA-1362.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/26/2018

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gcc-4.9-backport, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/25/2018

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