Resource Exhaustion Affecting dpdk-doc package, versions <0:19.11.3-1.el8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-DPDKDOC-3910047
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed18 May 2020

Introduced: 18 May 2020

CVE-2020-10726  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 dpdk-doc to version 0:19.11.3-1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4806.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dpdk-doc package and not the dpdk-doc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in DPDK versions 19.11 and above. A malicious container that has direct access to the vhost-user socket can keep sending VHOST_USER_GET_INFLIGHT_FD messages, causing a resource leak (file descriptors and virtual memory), which may result in a denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1