CVE-2020-14377

Impact

A flaw was found in dpdk in versions before 18.11.10 and before 19.11.5. A complete lack of validation of attacker-controlled parameters can lead to a buffer over read. The results of the over read are then written back to the guest virtual machine memory. This vulnerability can be used by an attacker in a virtual machine to read significant amounts of host memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and system availability.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00004.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00006.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/04/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/04/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/04/5
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1879472
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4550-1/
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/28/3
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00004.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00006.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/04/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/04/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/04/5
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1879472
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4550-1/
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/28/3