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title: "CVE-2011-3604\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-3604

Publication date 7 October 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The process\_ra function in the router advertisement daemon (radvd) before
1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based
buffer over-read and crash) via unspecified vectors.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| radvd | 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 1:1.8-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 1:1.7-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 1:1.6-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1:1.3-1.1ubuntu0.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3604?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| radvd | * Upstream:   [7de1b9a](https://github.com/reubenhwk/radvd/commit/7de1b9abf87b747ee2611c0d2a94dfeee79878b4) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3604)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3604)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-3604)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3604)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1257-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1257-1)
+ radvd vulnerabilities
+ 10 November 2011

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/06/3>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3604>
