CVE-2024-5564

Published May 31, 2024

Last updated 2 months ago

Overview

Description
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.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Awaiting Analysis

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
8.1
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
2.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

secalert@redhat.com
CWE-120

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