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Vulnerability record · CVE-2011-3602 · published 27 April 2014

CVE-2011-3602: Litech router advertisement daemon path traversal vulnerability

Litech · Router Advertisement Daemon

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.

6.4 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.8% · top 13.1% CWE-22 · Path traversal
6.4CVSS 2.0 base score
2.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2011-3602), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-11-14). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.