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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: 4362-1 Critical Vulnerability in DPDK Attack Vector

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Calendar Grey May 18, 2020
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Ubuntu addresses significant DPDK vulnerabilities in updates from May 18, 2020. It's essential to keep your system current for optimal security.
Several security issues were fixed in DPDK.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in DPDK.

Software Description:

- 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)

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  dpdk                            19.11.1-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 19.10:
  dpdk                            18.11.5-0ubuntu0.19.10.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  dpdk                            17.11.9-0ubuntu18.04.2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4362-1

CVE-2020-10722, CVE-2020-10723, CVE-2020-10724, CVE-2020-10725,

CVE-2020-10726

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/19.11.1-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/18.11.5-0ubuntu0.19.10.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/17.11.9-0ubuntu18.04.2

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