Local denial of service in libndp

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU93866

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-5564

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in NetworkManager. A local user can send a malformed IPv6 router advertisement packet to trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

libndp: 1.0 - 1.8

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:libndp.org:libndp:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:libndp.org:libndp:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:libndp.org:libndp:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5564
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2284122
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00011.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.