Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Quagga - CVE-2021-44038
Published: November 24, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU58356
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44038
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: quagga.net
Affected software:
Quagga
Quagga
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-44038
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.