CVE-2024-5564
Libndp: buffer overflow in route information length field
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
libndp
- affected 1.0 – < 1.7-7
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- unaffected 0:1.9-2.el10 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
- unaffected 0:1.2-10.el7_9 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- unaffected 0:1.7-7.el8_10 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
- unaffected 0:1.7-4.el8_2 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
- unaffected 0:1.7-6.el8_4 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service
- unaffected 0:1.7-6.el8_4 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
- unaffected 0:1.7-6.el8_4 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
- unaffected 0:1.7-7.el8_6 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service
- unaffected 0:1.7-7.el8_6 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions
- unaffected 0:1.7-7.el8_6 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support
- unaffected 0:1.7-7.el8_8 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- unaffected 0:1.8-6.el9_4 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions
- unaffected 0:1.8-5.el9_0 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support
- unaffected 0:1.8-5.el9_2 – < *
What to do
Workaround: Currently there is no mitigation available for this vulnerability. Please make sure to update as the fixes become available.
References (13)
- RHBA-2025:6631 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:4618 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:4619 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:4620 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:4622 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:4636 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:4640 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:4641 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:4642 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:4643 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5564 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHBZ#2284122 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00011.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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