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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5401-1
May 04, 2022

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

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 21.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in DPDK.

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

Details:

Wenxiang Qian discovered that DPDK incorrectly checked certain payloads. An
attacker could use this issue to cause DPDK to crash, resulting in a denial
of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-3839)

It was discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled inflight type messages. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause DPDK to consume resources,
leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2022-0669)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
dpdk 21.11.1-0ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 21.10:
dpdk 20.11.5-0ubuntu1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
dpdk 19.11.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5401-1
CVE-2021-3839, CVE-2022-0669

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/21.11.1-0ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/20.11.5-0ubuntu1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/19.11.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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