RHEL 8 : dpdk (RHSA-2021:1239)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148769

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for dpdk.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:1239 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.

Security Fix(es):

* dpdk: librte_vhost Malicious guest could cause segfault by sending invalid Virtio descriptor (CVE-2020-10725)

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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL dpdk package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:1239.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148769

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-1239.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/19/2021

Updated: 11/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10725

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/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, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dpdk

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: 4/19/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10725

CWE: 665

RHSA: 2021:1239

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