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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…
Medium4.4EPSS 0.36%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 71% 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 4.4.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- [oss-security] 20111007 radvd 1.8.2 released with security fixes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.litech.org/radvd/CHANGES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3603 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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