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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for tzdata (DLA-856-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

10.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

6 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This update includes the changes in tzdata 2017a. Notable changes are: - Mongolia no longer observes DST. - Magallanes region diverges from Santiago starting 2017-05-13, the America/Punta_Arenas zone has been added. This NVT has been deprecated as it doesn't have any security relevance.

Affected Software

Affected Software

tzdata on Debian Linux

Detection Method

Detection Method

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

Solution

Solution

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 2017a-0+deb7u1. We recommend that you upgrade your tzdata packages.