CVE-2024-5564highCWE-120

CVE-2024-5564: high-severity vulnerability in libndp

Libndp: buffer overflow in route information length field

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21Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 8.1epss 1.2%
A vulnerability was found in libndp. This flaw allows a local malicious user to cause a buffer overflow in NetworkManager, triggered by sending a malformed IPv6 router advertisement packet. This issue occurred as libndp was not correctly validating the route length information.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
libndpRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle SupportRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update SupportRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update ServiceRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update ServiceRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update SupportRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support
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