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Debian DSA-4688-1 : dpdk - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 136703

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Synopsis

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

Description

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.

Solution

Upgrade the dpdk packages.

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.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/dpdk

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/dpdk

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/dpdk

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4688

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 136703

File Name: debian_DSA-4688.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/19/2020

Updated: 3/12/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10723

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dpdk, 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: 5/18/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10722, CVE-2020-10723, CVE-2020-10724

DSA: 4688