CVE-2021-44038

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    CVE-2021-44038

    Published: 19 Nov 2021Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://github.com/Quagga/quagga/releases, https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191890

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    quagga-1.2.4
    quagga-1.2.3
    quagga-1.2.2
    quagga-1.2.1
    quagga-1.2.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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