Vulnerability CVE-2016-3698
Published: 2016-06-13

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux hpc node 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux hpc node eus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server aus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server eus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
Libndp -> Libndp 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3581
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/9
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2980-1
https://github.com/jpirko/libndp/commit/2af9a55b38b55abbf05fd116ec097d4029115839
https://github.com/jpirko/libndp/commit/a4892df306e0532487f1634ba6d4c6d4bb381c7f
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1086.html
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