vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2016-3698

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 13, 2016
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

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

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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