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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5401-1
Ubuntu Security Notice 5401-1 - 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. 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.
==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5401-1May 04, 2022dpdk vulnerabilities==========================================================================A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS- Ubuntu 21.10- Ubuntu 20.04 LTSSummary:Several security issues were fixed in DPDK.Software Description:- dpdk: set of libraries for fast packet processingDetails:Wenxiang Qian discovered that DPDK incorrectly checked certain payloads. Anattacker could use this issue to cause DPDK to crash, resulting in a denialof service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-3839)It was discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled inflight type messages. Anattacker 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 followingpackage versions:Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: dpdk 21.11.1-0ubuntu0.3Ubuntu 21.10: dpdk 20.11.5-0ubuntu1Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: dpdk 19.11.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.1In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5401-1 CVE-2021-3839, CVE-2022-0669Package 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