Service crash via oversized route-option length
Published May 31, 2024 · Updated Nov 20, 2025
Buffer overflow in libndp 1.0 through versions before 1.7-7 allows remote attackers to crash consumers via malformed IPv6 router advertisements. The ndp_msg_opt_route_check_valid function accepts route-information option lengths above three or lengths inconsistent with the prefix length before later code processes the option. Exploitation requires IPv6 reachability to a consumer and a crafted advertisement; the demonstrated consequence is a process crash.
Summary
What happened
Buffer overflow in libndp 1.0 through versions before 1.7-7 allows remote attackers to crash consumers via malformed IPv6 router advertisements. The ndp_msg_opt_route_check_valid function accepts route-information option lengths above three or lengths inconsistent with the prefix length before later code processes the option. Exploitation requires IPv6 reachability to a consumer and a crafted advertisement; the demonstrated consequence is a process crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-5564
- Published
- May 31, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 20, 2025
- Vendor
- Red Hat
- Product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service
- Classifications
- CWE-120, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- May 31, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 20, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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