Issued:
2024-07-18
Updated:
2024-07-18

RHSA-2024:4620 - Important: libndp security update

Synopsis

Important: libndp security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An update for libndp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Libndp is a library (used by NetworkManager) that provides a wrapper for the IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol. It also provides a tool named ndptool for sending and receiving NDP messages.

Security Fix(es):

  • libndp: buffer overflow in route information length field (CVE-2024-5564)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

After installing this update, all running applications using libndp (for example, Network Manager) must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_648x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle8.10x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian8ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle8.10ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems8s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle8.10s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 648aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle8.10aarch64

Updated Packages

  • libndp-debugsource-1.7-7.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm
  • libndp-debugsource-1.7-7.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
  • libndp-1.7-7.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
  • libndp-1.7-7.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
  • libndp-1.7-7.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm
  • libndp-debuginfo-1.7-7.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
  • libndp-1.7-7.el8_10.s390x.rpm
  • libndp-1.7-7.el8_10.src.rpm
  • libndp-debuginfo-1.7-7.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
  • libndp-debugsource-1.7-7.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
  • libndp-debuginfo-1.7-7.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm
  • libndp-debugsource-1.7-7.el8_10.i686.rpm
  • libndp-debuginfo-1.7-7.el8_10.i686.rpm
  • libndp-1.7-7.el8_10.i686.rpm
  • libndp-debuginfo-1.7-7.el8_10.s390x.rpm
  • libndp-debugsource-1.7-7.el8_10.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information