Debian 8 -- Errata
Security issues
Debian security team issues updates to packages in the stable release
in which they've identified problems related to security. Please consult the
security pages for information about
any security issues identified in Jessie
.
If you use APT, add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list to be able to access the latest security updates:
deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
After that, run apt-get update followed by apt-get upgrade.
Point releases
Sometimes, in the case of several critical problems or security updates, the released distribution is updated. Generally, these are indicated as point releases.
- The first point release, 8.1, was released on June 6, 2015.
- The second point release, 8.2, was released on September 5, 2015.
- The third point release, 8.3, was released on January 23, 2016.
- The fourth point release, 8.4 was released on April 2, 2016.
- The fifth point release, 8.5 was released on June 4, 2016.
- The sixth point release, 8.6 was released on September 17, 2016.
- The seventh point release, 8.7 was released on January 14, 2017.
- The eigth point release, 8.8 was released on May 6, 2017.
- The ninth point release, 8.9 was released on July 22, 2017.
- The tenth point release, 8.10 was released on December 9, 2017.
- The eleventh point release, 8.11 was released on June 23, 2018,
See the ChangeLog for details on changes between 8.0 and 8.11.
Fixes to the released stable distribution often go through an extended testing period before they are accepted into the archive. However, these fixes are available in the dists/jessie-proposed-updates directory of any Debian archive mirror.
If you use APT to update your packages, you can install the proposed updates by adding the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list:
# proposed additions for a 8 point release deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian jessie-proposed-updates main contrib non-free
After that, run apt-get update followed by apt-get upgrade.
Installation system
For information about errata and updates for the installation system, see the installation information page.