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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704179
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4179-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'linux-tools' package(s) announced via the DSA-4179-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'linux-tools' package(s) announced via the DSA-4179-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
This update doesn't fix a vulnerability in linux-tools, but provides support for building Linux kernel modules with the retpoline mitigation for CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre variant 2).

This update also includes bug fixes from the upstream Linux 3.16 stable branch up to and including 3.16.56.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.16.56-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your linux-tools packages.

For the detailed security status of linux-tools please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'linux-tools' package(s) on Debian 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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