Debian DSA-4567-1 : dpdk - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 130985

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.

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/2019/dsa-4567

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130985

File Name: debian_DSA-4567.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/14/2019

Updated: 12/12/2019

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