Bug 2295734 (CVE-2024-6501)

Summary: CVE-2024-6501 NetworkManager: Denial of Service
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Avinash Hanwate <ahanwate>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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A flaw was found in NetworkManager. When a system running NetworkManager with DEBUG logs enabled and an interface eth1 configured with LLDP enabled, a malicious user could inject a malformed LLDP packet. NetworkManager would crash, leading to a denial of service.
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Description Avinash Hanwate 2024-07-04 05:11:21 UTC
Given a system running NetworkManager with DEBUG logs enabled and an interface eth1 configured with LLDP enabled, someone could inject a malformed LLDP packet and NetworkManager would crash leading to a DoS.

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2024-11-12 09:15:42 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:9317 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9317