Information disclosure in DPDK - CVE-2018-1059
Published: May 14, 2018 / Updated: May 15, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12658
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1059
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: DPDK Project
Affected software:
DPDK
DPDK
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists in the DPDK vhost-user interface due to improper check to verify that all the requested guest physical range is mapped and contiguous when performing Guest Physical Addresses to Host Virtual Addresses translations. An adjacent attacker can gain access to vhost-user backend process memory.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1059
Update to version 18.02.1.