CVE-2024-5564

Publication date 31 May 2024

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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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	Fixed 1.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.4-2ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libndp	Upstream: 05e4ba7

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