CVE-2024-6501

Networkmanager: denial of service

LOW
3.1
CVSS Score
Published: July 9, 2024 at 07:27 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:18 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorEnterprise LinuxOpenShift Container Platform

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Severity
LOW3.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Vendor states this is fixed in 1:1.48.10-2.el9_5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

3.1LOWredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-400

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