Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: USN-5609-1 High: OpenSSL Security Vulnerability

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September 13, 2022

DPDK could be made to stop responding if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

DPDK could be made to stop responding if it received specially crafted

network traffic.

Software Description:

- dpdk: set of libraries for fast packet processing

Details:

It was discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled certain Vhost headers. A

remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu network issue dpdk

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  dpdk                            21.11.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  dpdk                            19.11.13-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  dpdk                            17.11.10-0ubuntu0.2

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