| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| quagga (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.99.23.1-1+deb8u5 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.1.1-3+deb9u2 | vulnerable |
| buster | 1.2.4-3 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| quagga | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| quagga | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[buster] - quagga <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - quagga <postponed> (revisit when/if fixed upstream)
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191890
Debian installed systemd unit files install the problematic redhat/*.service
files with the unsafe chmod/chown calls in the Debian packaging.