Debian Long Term Support / LTS Security Information / 2018 / Security Information -- DLA-1393-1

Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1393-1 -- Debian 7 Long Term Support reaching end-of-life

Date Reported:

01 Jun 2018

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

No other external database security references currently available.

More information:

The Debian Long Term Support (LTS) Team hereby announces that Debian 7 "Wheezy" support has reached its end-of-life on May 31, 2018, five years after its initial release on May 4, 2013.

Debian will not provide further security updates for Debian 7. A subset of Wheezy packages will be supported by external parties. Detailed information can be found at [Extended LTS].

The LTS Team will prepare the transition to Debian 8 "Jessie", which is the current oldstable release. The LTS team will take over support from the Security Team on June 17, 2018.

Debian 8 will also receive Long Term Support for five years after its initial release with support ending on June 30, 2020. The supported architectures include amd64, i386, armel and armhf.