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Debian: DSA-4406-1 Critical: Waagent Information Disclosure

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Calendar Grey March 12, 2019
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Improve the waagent configuration to mitigate the security risk associated with world-readable swap files, which can lead to potential data leaks and unauthorized access.
Francis McBratney discovered that the Windows Azure Linux Agent created swap files with world-readable permissions, resulting in information disclosure

Summary

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

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

We recommend that you upgrade your waagent packages.

For the detailed security status of waagent please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/waagent

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: waagent
CVE ID: CVE-2019-0804

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