CVE-2016-3698 - Improper Access Control

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.1. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2016-06-13 19:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-04 02:08:00

Affected Software

RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0

7.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 7.0

7.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS 7.2

7.2

RedHat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0

7.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS 7.2

7.2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS 7.2

7.2

RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0

7.0

libndp

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10

15.10

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

16.04

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