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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RHSA-2023:0171-01 Critical: dpdk DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey January 16, 2023
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Red Hat has issued a vital security advisory to address a major DPDK vulnerability. Applying the updates is crucial for preventing DoS attacks and protecting systems
An update for dpdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, 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: DoS when a Vhost header crosses more than two descriptors and exhausts all mbufs (CVE-2022-2132)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory DoS Red Hat Enterprise important update dpdk

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2132 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: dpdk-21.11-2.el8_7.src.rpm
aarch64: dpdk-21.11-2.el8_7.aarch64.rpm dpdk-debuginfo-21.11-2.el8_7.aarch64.rpm dpdk-debugsource-21.11-2.el8_7.aarch64.rpm dpdk-devel-21.11-2.el8_7.aarch64.rpm dpdk-tools-21.11-2.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
noarch: dpdk-doc-21.11-2.el8_7.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: dpdk-21.11-2.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm dpdk-debuginfo-21.11-2.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm dpdk-debugsource-21.11-2.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm dpdk-devel-21.11-2.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm dpdk-tools-21.11-2.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: dpdk-21.11-2.el8_7.x86_64.rpm dpdk-debuginfo-21.11-2.el8_7.x86_64.rpm dpdk-debugsource-21.11-2.el8_7.x86_64.rpm dpdk-devel-21.11-2.el8_7.x86_64.rpm dpdk-tools-21.11-2.el8_7.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


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:0171-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0171
Issue date: 2023-01-16

Topic

An update for dpdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory DoS Red Hat Enterprise important update dpdk

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2099475 - CVE-2022-2132 dpdk: DoS when a Vhost header crosses more than two descriptors and exhausts all mbufs

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