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A DPDK security update has been released for Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS, 19.10, 18.04 LTS.



USN-4362-1: DPDK vulnerabilities


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4362-1
May 18, 2020

dpdk vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in DPDK.

Software Description:
- dpdk: set of libraries for fast packet processing

Details:

It was discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-10722, CVE-2020-10723,
CVE-2020-10724, CVE-2020-10725, CVE-2020-10726)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
dpdk 19.11.1-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 19.10:
dpdk 18.11.5-0ubuntu0.19.10.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
dpdk 17.11.9-0ubuntu18.04.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/4362-1
CVE-2020-10722, CVE-2020-10723, CVE-2020-10724, CVE-2020-10725,
CVE-2020-10726

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/19.11.1-0ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/18.11.5-0ubuntu0.19.10.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/17.11.9-0ubuntu18.04.2