CVE-2016-3698

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.

Date published : 2016-06-13

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

https://github.com/jpirko/libndp/commit/2af9a55b38b55abbf05fd116ec097d4029115839