CVE-2016-3698

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-05-17

Description

libndp before 1.6, as used in NetworkManager, does not properlyvalidate 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.

See more information about CVE-2016-3698 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.4	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (libndp)	ELSA-2016-1086	2016-05-17

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