CVE-2024-5564

Publication date 31 May 2024

Last updated 4 February 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libndp 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1.8-1fakesync1ubuntu0.24.04.1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 1.8-1fakesync1ubuntu0.23.10.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.8-0ubuntu3.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.7-0ubuntu1.1
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
libndp

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.1 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H