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Ubuntu: USN-2980-1 (CVE-2016-3698): libndp vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-2980-1 (CVE-2016-3698): libndp vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/17/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/17/2016
Modified
11/27/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libndp0

References

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