SUSE SLES12 Security Update : dpdk (SUSE-SU-2018:3923-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 119283

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for dpdk to version 16.11.8 provides the following security fix :

CVE-2018-1059: restrict untrusted guest to misuse virtio to corrupt host application (ovs-dpdk) memory which could have lead all VM to lose connectivity (bsc#1089638)

and following non-security fixes: Enable the broadcom chipset family Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM57810 (bsc#1073363)

Fix a latency problem by using cond_resched rather than schedule_timeout_interruptible (bsc#1069601)

Fix a syntax error affecting csh environment configuration (bsc#1102310)

Fixes in net/bnxt :

- Fix HW Tx checksum offload check

- Fix incorrect IO address handling in Tx

- Fix Rx ring count limitation

- Check access denied for HWRM commands

- Fix RETA size

- Fix close operation

Fixes in eal/linux :

- Fix an invalid syntax in interrupts

- Fix return codes on thread naming failure

Fixes in kni :

- Fix crash with null name

- Fix build with gcc 8.1

Fixes in net/thunderx :

- Fix build with gcc optimization on

- Avoid sq door bell write on zero packet

net/bonding: Fix MAC address reset

vhost: Fix missing increment of log cache count

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-2795=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2795=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 119283

File Name: suse_SU-2018-3923-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/29/2018

Updated: 1/13/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.9

Temporal Score: 2.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dpdk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dpdk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dpdk-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dpdk-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dpdk-kmp-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dpdk-tools, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/27/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1059

Detections

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