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Debian 10 Buster DLA-3837-1: Moderate Libndp Buffer Overflow Threat

debian lts
Calendar Grey June 19, 2024
Dist Debian Esm H88
Enhance the libndp package in Debian to address the buffer overflow security flaw noted in DLA-3837-1.
It was discovered that there was a buffer overflow vulnerability in libndp, a library for implementing IPv6's "Neighbor Discovery Protocol" (NDP) and is used by Network Manager and...
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Summary

A local, malicious user could have caused a buffer overflow in
Network Manager by sending a malformed IPv6 router advertisement
packet. This issue existed because libndp was not correctly
validating route length information.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version
1.6-1+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libndp packages.

For the detailed security status of libndp please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libndp

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS



Package: libndp
Version: 1.6-1+deb10u1
CVE ID: CVE-2024-5564
Debian Bug: 1072366

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