1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4362-1

USN-4362-1: DPDK vulnerabilities

Publication date

18 May 2020

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in DPDK.

Releases

Packages

  • dpdk - set of libraries for fast packet processing

Details

It was discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-10722, CVE-2020-10723,
CVE-2020-10724, CVE-2020-10725, CVE-2020-10726)

It was discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-10722, CVE-2020-10723,
CVE-2020-10724, CVE-2020-10725, CVE-2020-10726)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.04 focal dpdk –  19.11.1-0ubuntu1.1
19.10 eoan dpdk –  18.11.5-0ubuntu0.19.10.2
18.04 bionic dpdk –  17.11.9-0ubuntu18.04.2

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