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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : python-azure-agent (SUSE-SU-2020:14454-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 150663

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES11 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2020:14454-1 advisory.

 - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way Azure WaLinuxAgent creates swap files on resource disks, aka 'Azure Linux Agent Information Disclosure Vulnerability'. (CVE-2019-0804)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected python-azure-agent package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/997614

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1061584

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1074865

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1087764

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1092831

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1094420

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1119542

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1127838

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1167601

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1167602

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1173866

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1175130

http://www.nessus.org/u?e9d460a7

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-0804

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 150663

File Name: suse_SU-2020-14454-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/10/2021

Updated: 6/10/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-azure-agent

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0804

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2020:14454-1