CVE-2011-3602

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    CVE-2011-3602

    Published: 27 Apr 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2323, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1257-1, https://github.com/reubenhwk/radvd/commit/92e22ca23e52066da2258df8c76a2dca8a428bcc, http://www.litech.org/radvd/CHANGES, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/06/3

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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