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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-44038: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-44038: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/19/2021
Created
03/22/2024
Added
03/21/2024
Modified
03/22/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-quagga

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