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Ubuntu 19.10: USN-4189-1 Critical: DPDK Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey November 13, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Critical update for DPDK resource leak affecting Ubuntu versions, addressing potential denial of service.
DPDK could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

DPDK could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted

input.

Software Description:

- dpdk: set of libraries for fast packet processing

Details:

Jason Wang discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled certain messages. An

attacker in a malicious container could possibly use this issue to cause

DPDK to leak resources, resulting in a denial of service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu dpdk resource leak

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.10:
  dpdk                            18.11.4-1ubuntu0.19.10.1

Ubuntu 19.04:
  dpdk                            18.11.4-1ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  dpdk                            17.11.8-0~ubuntu18.04.2

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4189-1

CVE-2019-14818

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November 13, 2019

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu dpdk resource leak

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/18.11.4-1ubuntu0.19.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/18.11.4-1ubuntu0.19.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/17.11.8-0~ubuntu18.04.2

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