RedHat: RHSA-2019-1527:01 Moderate: WALinuxAgent security update
Summary
The Windows Azure Linux Agent supports provisioning and running Linux
virtual machines in the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud.
Security Fix(es):
* WALinuxAgent: swapfile created with weak permissions (CVE-2019-0804)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-0804 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
WALinuxAgent-2.2.32-1.el8_0.1.src.rpm
noarch:
WALinuxAgent-2.2.32-1.el8_0.1.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for WALinuxAgent is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - noarch
Bugs Fixed
1684181 - CVE-2019-0804 WALinuxAgent: swapfile created with weak permissions