[USN-3642-2] DPDK vulnerability

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3642-2
May 16, 2018

dpdk vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 17.10

Summary:

DPDK could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Software Description:
- dpdk: set of libraries for fast packet processing

Details:

USN-3642-1 fixed a vulnerability in DPDK. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 17.10.

Original advisory details:

 Maxime Coquelin discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled guest physical
 ranges. A malicious guest could use this issue to possibly access sensitive
 information.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 17.10:
  dpdk                            17.05.2-0ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3642-2
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3642-1
  CVE-2018-1059

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/17.05.2-0ubuntu1.1

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