VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-44038
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.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.79%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.79% probability · 54th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- quagga/quagga
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191890Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Quagga/quagga/releasesRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191890Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Quagga/quagga/releasesRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.