Improper Authentication Affecting quagga-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-QUAGGADEVEL-2033865
  • published24 Nov 2021
  • disclosed19 Nov 2021

Introduced: 19 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-44038  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 quagga-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream quagga-devel package and not the quagga-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1