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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-misc/radvd. | Oct 30, 2017 | Apr 27, 2014 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade radvd | Dec 12, 2013 | Jun 28, 2013 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade radvd | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 27, 2014 |
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