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RHEL 8 : dpdk (RHSA-2020:4806)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 142390
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4806 advisory.The dpdk packages provide the Data Plane Development Kit, which is a set of libraries and drivers for fast packet processing in the user space.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: dpdk (19.11.3). (BZ#1824905)
Security Fix(es):
* dpdk: librte_vhost Malicious guest could cause segfault by sending invalid Virtio descriptor (CVE-2020-10725)
* dpdk: librte_vhost Integer overflow in vhost_user_set_log_base() (CVE-2020-10722)
* dpdk: librte_vhost Integer truncation in vhost_user_check_and_alloc_queue_pair() (CVE-2020-10723)
* dpdk: librte_vhost VHOST_USER_GET_INFLIGHT_FD message flooding to result in a DoS (CVE-2020-10726)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?50531ee9
http://www.nessus.org/u?b7e37d18
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4806
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1801361
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1813252
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1824905
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1828867
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1828874
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1828894
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 142390
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4806.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/4/2020
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dpdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dpdk-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dpdk-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dpdk, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-10722, CVE-2020-10723, CVE-2020-10725, CVE-2020-10726