DSA-4688-1 dpdk -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4688-1 dpdk -- security update

Date Reported:

18 May 2020

Affected Packages:

dpdk

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-10722, CVE-2020-10723, CVE-2020-10724.

More information:

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the vhost code of DPDK, a set of libraries for fast packet processing, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code by malicious guests/containers.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 16.11.11-1+deb9u2.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 18.11.6-1~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