# CVE-2019-14818: A flaw was found in all dpdk version 17.x.x before 17.11.8, 16.x.x before 16.11.10, 18.x.x before 18.11.4 and 19.x.x before 19.08.1 where a

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-11-14 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- dpdk: all dpdk version 17.x.x before 17.11.8, all dpdk version 16.x.x before 16.11.10, all dpdk version 18.x.x before 18.11.4, all dpdk version 19.x.x before 19.08.1

## Description

A flaw was found in all dpdk version 17.x.x before 17.11.8, 16.x.x before 16.11.10, 18.x.x before 18.11.4 and 19.x.x before 19.08.1 where a malicious master, or a container with access to vhost_user socket, can send specially crafted VRING_SET_NUM messages, resulting in a memory leak including file descriptors. This flaw could lead to a denial of service condition.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on dpdk, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ULJ3C7OVBOEVDGSHYC3VCLSUHANGTFFP/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0166
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0165
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0168
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0172
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0171
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14818
- https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363

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