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CVE-2011-3602
Directory traversal vulnerability in device-linux.c in the router advertisement daemon (radvd) before 1.8.2 allows local users to…
Medium6.4EPSS 2.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- redhat
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in device-linux.c in the router advertisement daemon (radvd) before 1.8.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files, and remote attackers to overwrite certain files, via a .. (dot dot) in an interface name. NOTE: this can be leveraged with a symlink to overwrite arbitrary files.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- [oss-security] 20111007 radvd 1.8.2 released with security fixes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-2323 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://github.com/reubenhwk/radvd/commit/92e22ca23e52066da2258df8c76a2dca8a428bcc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.litech.org/radvd/CHANGES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1257-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
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Record last updated .