What is CVE-2016-4036?

CVE-2016-4036 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Leap, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-4036?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in openSUSE Leap

CVE-2016-4036

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.

Published 2016-04-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

openSUSE Leap — versions 42.1
openSUSE — versions 13.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/87324 (vdb-entry)
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00040.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3654 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4036?: CVE-2016-4036 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Leap, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-4036?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.