CVE-2011-3603 The router advertisement daemon (radvd) before 1.8.2 does not properly handle errors in the privsep_init function, which causes the radvd daemon to run as root and has an unspecified impact.

MediumCVSS 4.4 EPSS 0.36%

Published: 2014-04-28 00:00
Updated: 2026-06-17 02:33
Exploit status: No public exploit known

Description

The router advertisement daemon (radvd) before 1.8.2 does not properly handle errors in the privsep_init function, which causes the radvd daemon to run as root and has an unspecified impact.

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
litech router advertisement daemon	<= 1.8.1	No fix listed

References

www.litech.org
[oss-security] 20111007 radvd 1.8.2 released with security fixes mailing-list
access.redhat.com

CVSS v2.0

4.4 Medium

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: Local
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: None
Confidentiality: Partial
Integrity: Partial
Availability: Partial

Weakness & likelihood

EPSS (exploitation probability, 30 days): 0.36% (percentile 29.7)
CWE: CWE-20

Public exploit references

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No public exploit references known.