PT-2021-24026 · Quagga · Quagga

Johannes Segitz · Published 2021-11-19 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2021-44038

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Quagga versions through 1.2.4

Description: An issue was discovered that allows users with control of the non-root-owned directory /etc/quagga to escalate their privileges to root upon package installation or update due to unsafe chown/chmod operations in the suggested spec file.

Recommendations: For Quagga versions through 1.2.4, consider restricting access to the /etc/quagga directory to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

AZL-36984

AZL-7336

CVE-2021-44038

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12504-1

Affected Products

Quagga

References · 12

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191890 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-36984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-7336 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-44038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12504-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-44038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44038 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44038 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-44038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/Quagga/quagga/releases · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/32743 · Telegram Post
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-44038 · Note