UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14818

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14818

    Published: 12 Nov 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-14818
    Aliases:
    USN-4189-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14818, http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/announce/2019-November/000293.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4189-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14818

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dpdk

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.0.0-0ubuntu1
    2.0.0-0ubuntu2
    2.0.0-0ubuntu3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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