SB2021112414 - Privilege escalation in Quagga
Published: November 24, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021112414
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44038)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to an unsafe chown/chmod operations in the suggested spec file, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.