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CVE-2016-3698

Published: Jun 13, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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Description

libndp before 1.6, as used in NetworkManager, does not properly validate the origin of Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) messages, which allows remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks or cause a denial of service (network connectivity disruption) by advertising a node as a router from a non-local network.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://github.com/jpirko/libndp/commit/a4892df306e0532487f1634ba6d4c6d4bb381c7f

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://github.com/jpirko/libndp/commit/2af9a55b38b55abbf05fd116ec097d4029115839

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vendor-advisory

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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

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[oss-security] 20160517 RHSA-2016:1086 libndp: denial of service due to insufficient validation of source of NDP messages

mailing-list

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vendor-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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