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Quagga <= 1.2.4 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Privilege escalation
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
None Solution Available
Created
Created
2 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
Quagga is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
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.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Quagga version 1.2.4 and prior.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
No known solution is available as of 22nd November, 2021. Information regarding this issue will be updated once solution details are available.