CVE-2016-3698
libndp: denial of service due to insufficient validation of source of NDP messages
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · May 17, 2016
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
It was found that libndp did not properly validate and check the origin of Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) messages. An attacker on a non-local network could use this flaw to advertise a node as a router, allowing them to perform man-in-the-middle attacks on a connecting client, or disrupt the network connectivity of that client.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 5.4AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation