SUSE SLES15 Security Update : dpdk (SUSE-SU-2019:3179-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 131752

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update of dpdk to version 18.11.3 provides the following fixes :

dpdk was updated to 18.11.3 (fate#327817, bsc#1145713, jsc#ECO-274, fate#325916, fate#325951 fate#326025, fate#326992, bsc#1134968, jsc#SLE-4715)

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2019-14818: Fixed a memory leak vulnerability caused by a malicius container may lead to to denial of service (bsc#1156146).

Other issues addressed: Fixed a regression by inserting version numbers to the drivers (bsc#1157179).

Changed to multibuild (bsc#1151455).

Added support for using externally allocated memory in DPDK.

Added check for ensuring allocated memory is addressable by devices.

Updated the C11 memory model version of the ring library.

Added NXP CAAM JR PMD.

Added support for GEN3 devices to Intel QAT driver.

Added Distributed Software Eventdev PMD.

Updated KNI kernel module, rte_kni library, and KNI sample application.

Add a new sample application for vDPA.

Updated mlx5 driver.

- Improved security of PMD to prevent the NIC from getting stuck when the application misbehaves.

- Reworked flow engine to supported e-switch flow rules (transfer attribute).

- Added support for header re-write(L2-L4), VXLAN encap/decap, count, match on TCP flags and multiple flow groups with e-switch flow rules.

- Added support for match on metadata, VXLAN and MPLS encap/decap with flow rules.

- Added support for RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE flag to provide better support for representors.

- Added support for meson build.

- Fixed build issue with PPC.

- Added support for BlueField VF.

- Added support for externally allocated static memory for DMA.

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 Module for Server Applications 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-2019-3179=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 131752

File Name: suse_SU-2019-3179-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/6/2019

Updated: 4/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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 Score Source: CVE-2019-14818

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: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-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dpdk-devel-debuginfo, 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, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dpdk-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdpdk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdpdk-18_11-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 12/5/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14818

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