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Vulnerability record · CVE-2011-3603 · published 27 April 2014

CVE-2011-3603: Litech router advertisement daemon improper input validation vulnerability

Litech · Router Advertisement Daemon

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.

4.4 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 0.36% · top 70.2% CWE-20 · Improper input validation
4.4CVSS 2.0 base score
0.36%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://www.litech.org/radvd/CHANGES
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/06/3
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3603
http://www.litech.org/radvd/CHANGES
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/06/3
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3603

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2011-3603), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-11-14). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.