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Red Hat 7 RHSA-2018:2038-01 Moderate: DPDK Info Exposure

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Calendar Grey June 26, 2018
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New DPDK release for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 now out, addressing several security issues of moderate severity alongside various bug corrections.
An update for DPDK is now available for Extras for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The dpdk packages provide the Data Plane Development Kit, which is a set of libraries and drivers for fast packet processing in the user space.
Security Fix(es):
* dpdk: Information exposure in unchecked guest physical to host virtual address translations (CVE-2018-1059)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
This issue was discovered by Maxime Coquelin (Red Hat).

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update bug fix moderate impact Red Hat Enterprise information exposure dpdk

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1059 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras:
Source: dpdk-17.11-11.el7.src.rpm
noarch: dpdk-doc-17.11-11.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: dpdk-17.11-11.el7.ppc64le.rpm dpdk-debuginfo-17.11-11.el7.ppc64le.rpm dpdk-devel-17.11-11.el7.ppc64le.rpm dpdk-tools-17.11-11.el7.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: dpdk-17.11-11.el7.x86_64.rpm dpdk-debuginfo-17.11-11.el7.x86_64.rpm dpdk-devel-17.11-11.el7.x86_64.rpm dpdk-tools-17.11-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:2038-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2038
Issue date: 2018-06-26

Topic

An update for DPDK is now available for Extras for Red Hat Enterprise Linux7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update bug fix moderate impact Red Hat Enterprise information exposure dpdk

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras - noarch, ppc64le, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1544298 - CVE-2018-1059 dpdk: Information exposure in unchecked guest physical to host virtual address translations

1573912 - Backport "net/nfp: fix mbufs releasing when stop or close"

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