High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 19, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-44038
CVE-2021-44038
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.
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Affected products
4- Quagga/Quaggadescription
<=1.2.4+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=1.2.4
- cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.2.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- github.com/Quagga/quagga/releasesnvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
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