#VU58356 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Quagga - CVE-2021-44038 

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#VU58356 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Quagga - CVE-2021-44038

Published: November 24, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU58356
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
Quagga
Software vendor:
quagga.net

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.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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