Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting WALinuxAgent package, versions <0:2.2.32-1.el8_0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.19% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-WALINUXAGENT-1983949
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed12 Mar 2019

Introduced: 12 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-0804  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 WALinuxAgent to version 0:2.2.32-1.el8_0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream WALinuxAgent package and not the WALinuxAgent package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way Azure WaLinuxAgent creates swap files on resource disks, aka 'Azure Linux Agent Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.