CVE-2011-3603
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2011-3603 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
A failure in privsep_init() does not cause radvd to run with full root privileges when invoked with the --username option specifying an unprivileged user. Rather it will run as a single process as the specified (unprivileged) radvd user, causing this issue to have no security impact (no unintended privilege elevation).
CVSS v2 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 4.4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| 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.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation