CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-3698

8.1 HIGH Published 2016-06-13 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-06-13
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-284

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.

Affected configurations

• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux hpc node 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux hpc node eus 7.2 • redhat enterprise linux server 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.2 • redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.2 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0 • libndp libndp (<= 1.5) • debian debian linux 8.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 15.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness

References