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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/06/3
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.litech.org/radvd/CHANGES
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3603
Scores
EPSS
0.0036
EPSS Percentile
28.0%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (1)
litech/router_advertisement_daemon
< 1.8.1
Published
Apr 27, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026