Debian DSA-4567-1 : dpdk - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 130985

Language:

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

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.

Solution

Upgrade the dpdk packages.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130985

File Name: debian_DSA-4567.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/14/2019

Updated: 4/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14818

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dpdk, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14818

DSA: 4567

Detections

Analytics