UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3698

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3698
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3698.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3698
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Published
2016-05-17T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-02-04T04:27:00.747594Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

libndp before 1.6, as used in NetworkManager, does not properly validate the origin of Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) messages, which allows remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks or cause a denial of service (network connectivity disruption) by advertising a node as a router from a non-local network.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libndp

Package

Name
libndp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libndp@1.4-2ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4-2ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

1.*
1.4-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libndp-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.4-2ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libndp-tools",
            "binary_version": "1.4-2ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libndp0",
            "binary_version": "1.4-2ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3698.json"