CVE-2011-3601: litech router_advertisement_daemon

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-3601 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in litech router_advertisement_daemon. EPSS estimates a 4.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 17-02-2014
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.