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Ubuntu: USN-4550-1 (CVE-2020-14376): DPDK vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4550-1 (CVE-2020-14376): DPDK vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/28/2020
Created
09/30/2020
Added
09/29/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

A flaw was found in dpdk in versions before 18.11.10 and before 19.11.5. A lack of bounds checking when copying iv_data from the VM guest memory into host memory can lead to a large buffer overflow. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-dpdk

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