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CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-14818: Moderate: openvswitch security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-14818: Moderate: openvswitch security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/14/2019
Created
01/23/2020
Added
01/22/2020
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

A flaw was found in all dpdk version 17.x.x before 17.11.8, 16.x.x before 16.11.10, 18.x.x before 18.11.4 and 19.x.x before 19.08.1 where a malicious master, or a container with access to vhost_user socket, can send specially crafted VRING_SET_NUM messages, resulting in a memory leak including file descriptors. This flaw could lead to a denial of service condition.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-dpdk
  • centos-upgrade-dpdk-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-dpdk-debugsource
  • centos-upgrade-dpdk-devel
  • centos-upgrade-dpdk-devel-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-dpdk-doc
  • centos-upgrade-dpdk-tools
  • centos-upgrade-network-scripts-openvswitch2-11
  • centos-upgrade-network-scripts-openvswitch2-12
  • centos-upgrade-openvswitch
  • centos-upgrade-openvswitch-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-openvswitch-devel
  • centos-upgrade-openvswitch-ovn-central
  • centos-upgrade-openvswitch-ovn-common
  • centos-upgrade-openvswitch-ovn-host
  • centos-upgrade-openvswitch-ovn-vtep
  • centos-upgrade-openvswitch-test
  • centos-upgrade-openvswitch2-11
  • centos-upgrade-openvswitch2-11-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-openvswitch2-11-debugsource
  • centos-upgrade-openvswitch2-11-devel
  • centos-upgrade-openvswitch2-11-test
  • centos-upgrade-openvswitch2-12
  • centos-upgrade-openvswitch2-12-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-openvswitch2-12-debugsource
  • centos-upgrade-openvswitch2-12-devel
  • centos-upgrade-openvswitch2-12-test
  • centos-upgrade-python-openvswitch
  • centos-upgrade-python-openvswitch2-11
  • centos-upgrade-python-openvswitch2-12
  • centos-upgrade-python3-openvswitch2-11
  • centos-upgrade-python3-openvswitch2-11-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-python3-openvswitch2-12
  • centos-upgrade-python3-openvswitch2-12-debuginfo

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