CVE-2021-44038
Quagga Privilege Escalation
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 19, 2021, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
July 12, 2022, 5:42 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2021-44038.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191890 | Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/Quagga/quagga/releases | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2021-44038 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2021-44038 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Jul. 12, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-269 CWE-59 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 26, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191890 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191890 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/Quagga/quagga/releases No Types Assigned https://github.com/Quagga/quagga/releases Release Notes, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-269 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.2.4
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-44038 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-44038
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} -0.00%
score
0.05679
percentile