CVE-2016-3698 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2016-3698

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

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux hpc node, enterprise linux hpc node eus, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux server aus, enterprise linux server eus, enterprise linux workstation, libndp, debian linux, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
7.0, 7.2, 0, 8.0, 15.10, 16.04

Timeline

Official Publish: June 13th, 2016
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.