#VU47309 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in DPDK - CVE-2020-14375
Published: September 30, 2020 / Updated: October 5, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU47309
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14375
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
DPDK
DPDK
Software vendor:
DPDK Project
DPDK Project
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise the host OS.
The vulnerability exists due to Virtio ring descriptors and the data they describe are in a region of
memory accessible by from both the virtual machine and the host. An attacker with access to the guest OS can change the contents of the memory after vhost_crypto has validated it and execute arbitrary code on the host OS.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.