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.

EPSS: 0.004 (30.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Opensuse Leap — versions 42.1
Opensuse — versions 13.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)

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.