Debian DLA-2532-1 : debian-security-support security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 145427

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

debian-security-support, the Debian security support coverage checker, has been updated in stretch-security to mark the end of life of the reel package.

See https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2021/01/msg00016.html for further information.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been documented in version 1:9+2021.01.23 of the debian-security-support package.

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.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00020.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2021/01/msg00016.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/debian-security-support

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145427

File Name: debian_DLA-2532.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/26/2021

Updated: 1/26/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/25/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2021