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CVE-2021-44038

Published: Nov 19, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-59
NVD MITRE
7.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 49.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected Products

n/an/a
quaggaquagga
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
quaggaoss-projectNetworking Infrastructureaka bgpd, quagga routing software suite

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
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References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191890
bugzilla.suse.com
https://github.com/Quagga/quagga/releases
github.com

Timeline

Published
Nov 19, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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