CVE-2021-44038
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.008 · 56 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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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affected products (2)
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references (9)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-44038cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191890cnnvd
- https://github.com/Quagga/quagga/releasescnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44038cnnvd
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021112414cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191890enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/Quagga/quagga/releasesenisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191890ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisorynvd
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