USN-5608-1: DPDK vulnerability
13 September 2022
DPDK could be made to stop responding if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- dpdk - set of libraries for fast packet processing
Details
It was discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled certain Vhost headers. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.