CVE - CVE-2016-3698

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-3698	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
It was found that libndp did not properly validate and check the origin of Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) messages. An attacker on a non-local network could use this flaw to advertise a node as a router, allowing them to perform man-in-the-middle attacks on a connecting client, or disrupt the network connectivity of that client.
References
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MISC:DSA-3581 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3581 MISC:RHBZ#1329366 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329366 MISC:RHSA-2016:1086 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1086 MISC:RHSA-2016:1086 URL:https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1086.html MISC:USN-2980-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2980-1 MISC:[oss-security] 20160517 RHSA-2016:1086 libndp: denial of service due to insufficient validation of source of NDP messages URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/9 MISC:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html URL:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html MISC:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3698 URL:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3698 MISC:https://github.com/jpirko/libndp/commit/2af9a55b38b55abbf05fd116ec097d4029115839 URL:https://github.com/jpirko/libndp/commit/2af9a55b38b55abbf05fd116ec097d4029115839 MISC:https://github.com/jpirko/libndp/commit/a4892df306e0532487f1634ba6d4c6d4bb381c7f URL:https://github.com/jpirko/libndp/commit/a4892df306e0532487f1634ba6d4c6d4bb381c7f
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20160330	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160330)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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