CVE-2020-10725

Description

A flaw was found in DPDK version 19.11 and above that allows a malicious guest to cause a segmentation fault of the vhost-user backend application running on the host, which could result in a loss of connectivity for the other guests running on that host. This is caused by a missing validity check of the descriptor address in the function `virtio_dev_rx_batch_packed()`.

Category

7.7
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.68% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory dpdk.org
Affected: [UNKNOWN] dpdk
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00045.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HRHKFVV4MRWNNJOYQOVP64L4UVWYPEO4/ vendor advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/18/2 third party advisory mailing list
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html third party advisory patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10725 issue tracking third party advisory
https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=270 issue tracking patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-10725?
CVE-2020-10725 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-10725?
To fix CVE-2020-10725, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-10725 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-10725 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2020-10725?
CVE-2020-10725 affects [UNKNOWN] dpdk.
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