SB2022092743 - SUSE update for dpdk

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SB2022092743 - SUSE update for dpdk

Published: September 27, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022092743
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2132)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the copy_desc_to_mbuf() function when processing Vhost header. A remote guest can send a packet with the Vhost header crossing more than two descriptors and force application to allocate all available mbufs, causing a denial of service condition for the other guest running on the hypervisor.


2) Error Handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28199)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect error handling of data within the mlx5 driver. A remote guest can send specially crafted packets to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References