Ubuntu alert USN-5608-1 (dpdk)

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Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
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"ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com" <ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com>
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[USN-5608-1] DPDK vulnerability
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Tue, 13 Sep 2022 14:46:06 -0400
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5608-1
September 13, 2022

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

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

DPDK could be made to stop responding if it received specially crafted
network traffic.

Software Description:
- 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 LTS:
  dpdk                            21.11.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  dpdk                            19.11.13-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  dpdk                            17.11.10-0ubuntu0.2

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5608-1
  CVE-2022-2132

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/21.11.2-0ubuntu...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/19.11.13-0ubunt...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/17.11.10-0ubunt...