Ubuntu Security Notice 3642-1 - Maxime Coquelin discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled guest physical ranges. A malicious guest could use this issue to possibly access sensitive information.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3642-1
May 09, 2018
dpdk vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary:
DPDK could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Software Description:
- dpdk: set of libraries for fast packet processing
Details:
Maxime Coquelin discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled guest physical
ranges. A malicious guest could use this issue to possibly access sensitive
information.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
dpdk 17.11.2-1ubuntu0.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3642-1
CVE-2018-1059
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/17.11.2-1ubuntu0.1