Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2016-1086

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-1086.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the 
Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
libndp-1.2-6.el7_2.i686.rpm
libndp-1.2-6.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
libndp-devel-1.2-6.el7_2.i686.rpm
libndp-devel-1.2-6.el7_2.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol7/SRPMS-updates/libndp-1.2-6.el7_2.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[1.2-6]
- libndp: fix hop limit validation [CVE-2016-3698]

[1.2-5]
- libndp: validate the IPv6 hop limit [CVE-2016-3698]
- libndb: reject redirect and router advertisements from non-link-local 
[CVE-2016-3698]

Oracle7: ELSA-2016-1086: libndp Moderate Security Update

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[1.2-6] - libndp: fix hop limit validation [CVE-2016-3698] [1.2-5] - libndp: validate the IPv6 hop limit [CVE-2016-3698] - libndb: reject redirect and router advertisements from non-link-local [CVE-2016-3698]

SRPMs

https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol7/SRPMS-updates/libndp-1.2-6.el7_2.src.rpm

x86_64

libndp-1.2-6.el7_2.i686.rpm libndp-1.2-6.el7_2.x86_64.rpm libndp-devel-1.2-6.el7_2.i686.rpm libndp-devel-1.2-6.el7_2.x86_64.rpm

aarch64

i386

Severity

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