RHEL 8 : WALinuxAgent (RHSA-2019:1527)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 126029

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for WALinuxAgent.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:1527 advisory.

- WALinuxAgent: swapfile created with weak permissions (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 RHEL WALinuxAgent package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:1527.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 126029

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-1527.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/19/2019

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:walinuxagent, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0804

CWE: 732

RHSA: 2019:1527

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