CVE-2021-44038

An issue was discovered in Quagga through 1.2.4. Unsafe chown/chmod operations in the suggested spec file allow users (with control of the non-root-owned directory /etc/quagga) to escalate their privileges to root upon package installation or update.
References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191890 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Quagga/quagga/releases Release Notes Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

12 Jul 2022, 17:42

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-269 CWE-59

26 Nov 2021, 18:26

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 7.2
v3 : 7.8
References (MISC) https://github.com/Quagga/quagga/releases - (MISC) https://github.com/Quagga/quagga/releases - Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191890 - (MISC) https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191890 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-269

19 Nov 2021, 19:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-11-19 19:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 22:08


NVD link : CVE-2021-44038

Mitre link : CVE-2021-44038

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-44038


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Products Affected

quagga

  • quagga
CWE
CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')