DSA-4567-1 dpdk -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4567-1 dpdk -- security update

Date Reported:

12 Nov 2019

Affected Packages:

dpdk

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-14818.

More information:

It was discovered that the vhost PMD in DPDK, a set of libraries for fast packet processing, was affected by memory and file descriptor leaks which could result in denial of service.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 16.11.9-1+deb9u2.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 18.11.2-2+deb10u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your dpdk packages.

For the detailed security status of dpdk please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/dpdk