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CVE-2016-4036

Published: Apr 18, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
3.3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4036
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LeapOpensuse42.1 (including)42.1 (including)
OpensuseOpensuse13.2 (including)13.2 (including)
QuaggaUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
QuaggaUbuntuprecise*
QuaggaUbuntutrusty*
QuaggaUbuntuwily*
QuaggaUbuntuxenial*

References

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