RHEL 8 : dpdk (RHSA-2021:1239)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148769

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.

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

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.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c666db52

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1239

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1828894

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148769

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

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/19/2021

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dpdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dpdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dpdk-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dpdk-tools

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