CVE-2021-44038

quagga: unsafe chown/chmod operations may lead to privileges escalation

Published Nov 19, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-30897 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 4:10 AM
Reserved
Nov 19, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 19, 2021, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:11 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Nov 19, 2021, 12:00 AM