VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-44038

CVSS score7.8 HIGH

EPSS probability0.79%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2021-11-19

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-59

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org — Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Release Notes, Third Party Advisory