CVE-2016-3698

Published: 17 May 2016

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.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
libndp Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (1.6)
	wily	Released (1.4-2ubuntu0.15.10.1)
	xenial	Released (1.4-2ubuntu0.16.04.1)
	yakkety	Released (1.4-2ubuntu1)
	zesty	Released (1.4-2ubuntu1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.1
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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