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A vulnerability was found in DPDK versions 19.11 and...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 31, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 20, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Jan 31, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(37th percentile)

Weaknesses

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2020-10726

GHSA ID

GHSA-whmr-hj5c-pm9g

Source code

No known source code

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