CVE-2021-44038

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.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.19%
Third-Party Advisory suse.com Third-Party Advisory github.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191890 issue tracking exploit third party advisory
https://github.com/Quagga/quagga/releases third party advisory release notes

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-44038?
CVE-2021-44038 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-44038?
To fix CVE-2021-44038, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2021-44038 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2021-44038 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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