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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2019.2180
                   RHEL 8: WALinuxAgent security update
                               19 June 2019

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           WALinuxAgent
Publisher:         Red Hat
Operating System:  Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 8
Impact/Access:     Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2019-0804  

Reference:         ESB-2019.0820
                   ESB-2019.0815
                   ESB-2019.0787
                   ESB-2019.0785

Original Bulletin: 
   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1527

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                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: WALinuxAgent security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2019:1527-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1527
Issue date:        2019-06-18
CVE Names:         CVE-2019-0804 
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1. Summary:

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 impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - noarch

3. Description:

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.

4. 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

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1684181 - CVE-2019-0804 WALinuxAgent: swapfile created with weak permissions

6. 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/

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-0804
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
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