Debian DLA-1688-1 : waagent update

high Nessus Plugin ID 122430

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

A newer version of waagent is needed for several features of the Azure platform.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.18-3~deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your waagent packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected waagent package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122430

File Name: debian_DLA-1688.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/26/2019

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:waagent, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/25/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/25/2019

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