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Debian: Security Advisory for dpdk (DSA-4688-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

3 years ago

Modified

Modified

3 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'dpdk' package(s) announced via the DSA-4688-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the vhost code of DPDK, a set of libraries for fast packet processing, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code by malicious guests/containers.

Affected Software

Affected Software

'dpdk' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 16.11.11-1+deb9u2. For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 18.11.6-1~deb10u2. We recommend that you upgrade your dpdk packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)