CVE-2011-3601

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2011-10-04
Bugzilla:
743748: CVE-2011-3601 radvd: privilege escalation flaw in process_ra()

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Buffer overflow in the process_ra function in the router advertisement daemon (radvd) before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via a negative value in a label_len value.

Find out more about CVE-2011-3601 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of radvd package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 and 6.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 2.6
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 radvd Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 radvd Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 radvd Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Vasiliy Kulikov of Openwall for reporting this issue.

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