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CVE-2011-3602 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in device-linux.c in the router advertisement daemon (radvd) before 1.8.2 allows local users to overwrite…

published 2014-04-27 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-3561

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • radvd Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:1.8-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3602

  • radvd openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.11-1.7

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10558-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-3602 updated cvss 1.9

radvd: arbitrary file overwrite flaw in set_interface_var()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 radvd Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 radvd
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 radvd
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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