Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-4036

Description

The quagga package before 0.99.23-2.6.1 in openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP 1 uses weak permissions for /etc/quagga, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in the directory.

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Affected products

OpenSUSE/Leap
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OpenSUSE/openSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Quagga (software)/Quaggallm-fuzzy
Range: < 0.99.23-2.6.1

Patches

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References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00040.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3654nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/87324nvd
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvd

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