1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4550-1

USN-4550-1: DPDK vulnerabilities

Publication date

28 September 2020

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in DPDK.

Releases

Packages

  • dpdk - set of libraries for fast packet processing

Details

Ryan Hall discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled vhost crypto. An
attacker inside a guest could use these issues to perform multiple attacks,
including denial of service attacks, obtaining sensitive information from
the host, and possibly executing arbitrary code on the host.

Ryan Hall discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled vhost crypto. An
attacker inside a guest could use these issues to perform multiple attacks,
including denial of service attacks, obtaining sensitive information from
the host, and possibly executing arbitrary code on the host.

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 –  19.11.3-0ubuntu0.2

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