CVE-2020-14377 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00006.html 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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.4