Gentoo: GLSA-201111-08: radvd: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in radvd. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All radvd users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/radvd-1.8.2"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2011-3601 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3601 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-3602 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3602 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-3603 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3603 [ 4 ] CVE-2011-3604 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3604 [ 5 ] CVE-2011-3605 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3605
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201111-08
Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in radvd which could potentially lead to privilege escalation, data loss, or a Denial of Service.
Background
radvd is an IPv6 router advertisement daemon for Linux and BSD.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/radvd < 1.8.2 >= 1.8.2
Impact
===== A remote unauthenticated attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges, escalate the privileges of the radvd process, overwrite files with specific names, or cause a Denial of Service. Local attackers may be able to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files using symlinks.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.