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Debian DSA-4406-1 : waagent - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 122793

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Francis McBratney discovered that the Windows Azure Linux Agent created swap files with world-readable permissions, resulting in information disclosure.

Solution

Upgrade the waagent packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.18-3~deb9u2.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/waagent

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/waagent

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4406

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 122793

File Name: debian_DSA-4406.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/13/2019

Updated: 6/14/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-0804

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0804

DSA: 4406