CVE-2016-4036

Publication date 18 April 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
quagga	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.99.24.1-2ubuntu1.1
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.99.22.4-3ubuntu1.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0.99.20.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.5

Notes

mdeslaur

description mentions SUSE, but debian/ubuntu package has similar issue.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3102-1
Quagga vulnerabilities
13 October 2016