#VU50124 Input validation error - CVE-2019-14818
Published: November 14, 2019 / Updated: January 28, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU50124
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14818
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Software vendor:
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
A flaw was found in all dpdk version 17.x.x before 17.11.8, 16.x.x before 16.11.10, 18.x.x before 18.11.4 and 19.x.x before 19.08.1 where a malicious master, or a container with access to vhost_user socket, can send specially crafted VRING_SET_NUM messages, resulting in a memory leak including file descriptors. This flaw could lead to a denial of service condition.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0165
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0166
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0168
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0171
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0172
- https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14818
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ULJ3C7OVBOEVDGSHYC3VCLSUHANGTFFP/