CVE-2019-14818

dpdk: possible memory leak leads to denial of service

Published Nov 14, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was found in all dpdk version 17.x.x before 17.11.8, 16.x.x before 16.11.10, 18.x.x before 18.11.4 and 19.x.x before 19.08.1 where a malicious master, or a container with access to vhost_user socket, can send specially crafted VRING_SET_NUM messages, resulting in a memory leak including file descriptors. This flaw could lead to a denial of service condition.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4567-1 dpdk security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-5947 A flaw was found in all dpdk version 17.x.x before 17.11.8, 16.x.x before 16.11.10, 18.x.x before 18.11.4 and 19.x.x before 19.08.1 where a malicious master, or a container with access to vhost_user socket, can send specially crafted VRING_SET_NUM messages, resulting in a memory leak including file descriptors. This flaw could lead to a denial of service condition.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4189-1 DPDK vulnerability
History
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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01074}

epss

{'score': 0.01137}