CVE-2011-3602: litech router_advertisement_daemon Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-3602 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Path Traversal vulnerability in litech router_advertisement_daemon. EPSS estimates a 2.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 27-04-2014
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.