Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2571
Advisory Release Date: 2024-06-19 19:15 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-06-24 16:35 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
A vulnerability was found in libndp. A buffer overflow in NetworkManager that can be triggered by sending a malformed IPv6 router advertisement packet via malicious user locally. This happens as libndp was not validating correctly the route length information and hence leading to a flaw. This affects versions of libndp >= 1.0. (CVE-2024-5564)
Affected Packages:
libndp
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update libndp to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
libndp-1.2-7.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
libndp-devel-1.2-7.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
libndp-debuginfo-1.2-7.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
i686:
libndp-1.2-7.amzn2.0.3.i686
libndp-devel-1.2-7.amzn2.0.3.i686
libndp-debuginfo-1.2-7.amzn2.0.3.i686
src:
libndp-1.2-7.amzn2.0.3.src
x86_64:
libndp-1.2-7.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
libndp-devel-1.2-7.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
libndp-debuginfo-1.2-7.amzn2.0.3.x86_64