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CVE-2024-5564 json

Libndp: buffer overflow in route information length field

published 2024-05-31 2 y ago modified 2026-11-04 4 d ago also EUVD-2024-47152

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 0:1.9-2.el10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support 0:1.2-10.el7_9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 0:1.7-7.el8_10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support 0:1.7-4.el8_2
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support 0:1.7-6.el8_4
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service 0:1.7-6.el8_4
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions 0:1.7-6.el8_4
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support 0:1.7-7.el8_6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service 0:1.7-7.el8_6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions 0:1.7-7.el8_6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support 0:1.7-7.el8_8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 0:1.8-6.el9_4
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions 0:1.8-5.el9_0
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support 0:1.8-5.el9_2
  • libndp Debian 12 1.8-1+deb12u1
  • libndp Debian 14, Debian 13 1.8-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-5564

  • libndp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.7-0ubuntu1.1
  • libndp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1.8-0ubuntu3.1
  • libndp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 1.8-1fakesync1ubuntu0.24.04.1
  • libndp Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.4-2ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1
  • libndp Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-5564

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  • libndp RHEL 10.0 1.9-2.el10
  • libndp RHEL 9 1.8-6.el9_4
  • libndp RHEL 8 1.7-7.el8_10
  • libndp RHEL 9.2 EUS 1.8-5.el9_2
  • libndp RHEL 8.6 TUS, RHEL 8.6 E4S, RHEL 8.6 AUS 1.7-7.el8_6
  • libndp RHEL 8.8 EUS 1.7-7.el8_8
  • libndp RHEL 8.2 AUS 1.7-4.el8_2
  • libndp RHEL 7 ELS 1.2-10.el7_9

red hat advisories RHBA-2025:6631RHSA-2024:4642RHSA-2024:4643RHSA-2024:4641RHSA-2024:4640RHSA-2024:4636

  • libndp Linux Micro 6.0 1.8-3.1
  • libndp SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 1.6-4.5.1
  • libndp SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2 +15 more 1.6-150000.3.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:20088-1SUSE-SU-2024:2541-1SUSE-SU-2024:2283-1

  • libndp openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.8-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14112-1

  • libndp AlmaLinux 8 1.7-7.el8_10.alma.1
  • libndp AlmaLinux 9 1.8-6.el9_4.alma.1

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:4620ALSA-2024:4636

  • libndp Rocky Linux 9 1.8-6.el9_4
  • libndp Rocky Linux 8 1.7-7.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2024:4636RLSA-2024:4620

  • libndp CBL-Mariner 2.0, Azure Linux 3.0 1.8-2

azure linux advisories AZL-42609AZL-42625

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-5564 updated cvss 8.1

libndp: buffer overflow in route information length field

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) libndp 1.7-7.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently there is no mitigation available for this vulnerability. Please make sure to update as the fixes become available.” RHSA-2024:4620
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) libndp 1.8-6.el9_4
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently there is no mitigation available for this vulnerability. Please make sure to update as the fixes become available.” RHSA-2024:4636
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) libndp 1.9-2.el10
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently there is no mitigation available for this vulnerability. Please make sure to update as the fixes become available.” RHBA-2025:6631
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v. 8.2) libndp 1.7-4.el8_2
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently there is no mitigation available for this vulnerability. Please make sure to update as the fixes become available.” RHSA-2024:4640
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4) libndp 1.7-6.el8_4
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently there is no mitigation available for this vulnerability. Please make sure to update as the fixes become available.” RHSA-2024:4618
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6) libndp 1.7-7.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently there is no mitigation available for this vulnerability. Please make sure to update as the fixes become available.” RHSA-2024:4643
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.4) libndp 1.7-6.el8_4
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently there is no mitigation available for this vulnerability. Please make sure to update as the fixes become available.” RHSA-2024:4618
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6) libndp 1.7-7.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently there is no mitigation available for this vulnerability. Please make sure to update as the fixes become available.” RHSA-2024:4643
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0) libndp 1.8-5.el9_0
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently there is no mitigation available for this vulnerability. Please make sure to update as the fixes become available.” RHSA-2024:4619
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8) libndp 1.7-7.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently there is no mitigation available for this vulnerability. Please make sure to update as the fixes become available.” RHSA-2024:4641
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2) libndp 1.8-5.el9_2
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently there is no mitigation available for this vulnerability. Please make sure to update as the fixes become available.” RHSA-2024:4642
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.4) libndp 1.7-6.el8_4
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently there is no mitigation available for this vulnerability. Please make sure to update as the fixes become available.” RHSA-2024:4618
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6) libndp 1.7-7.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently there is no mitigation available for this vulnerability. Please make sure to update as the fixes become available.” RHSA-2024:4643
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) libndp 1.2-10.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS) libndp-devel 1.2-10.el7_9, libndp-debuginfo 1.2-10.el7_9
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently there is no mitigation available for this vulnerability. Please make sure to update as the fixes become available.” RHSA-2024:4622

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

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