CVE-2016-3698
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.1 · Improper access control
8.1CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3581
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/9
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2980-1
- https://github.com/jpirko/libndp/commit/2af9a55b38b55abbf05fd116ec097d4029115839
- https://github.com/jpirko/libndp/commit/a4892df306e0532487f1634ba6d4c6d4bb381c7f
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1086.html