Vulnerability in Dpdk

CVE-2015-1142857

On multiple SR-IOV cars it is possible for VF's assigned to guests to send ethernet flow control pause frames via the PF. This includes Linux kernel ixgbe driver before commit f079fa005aae08ee0e1bc32699874ff4f02e11c1, the Linux Kernel i40e/i40evf driver before e7358f54a3954df16d4f87e3cad35063f1c17de5 and the DPDK before commit 3f12b9f23b6499ff66ec8b0de941fb469297e5d0, additionally Multiple vendor NIC firmware is affected.

EPSS: 0.024 (82.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-1142857?
CVE-2015-1142857 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dpdk, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2018-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2015-1142857?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-1142857 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.