Information disclosure in Dpdk Data Plane Development Kit
CVE-2018-1059
The DPDK vhost-user interface does not check to verify that all the requested guest physical range is mapped and contiguous when performing Guest Physical Addresses to Host Virtual Addresses translations. This may lead to a malicious guest exposing vhost-user backend process memory. All versions before 18.02.1 are vulnerable.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (56.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.008 · change: -0.001
Affected products
- Dpdk Data Plane Development Kit
- Red Hat, Inc. Dpdk — versions before 18.02.1
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 17.10, 18.04
- Red Hat Ceph Storage — versions 3.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Openshift — versions 3.0
- Red Hat OpenStack — versions 8, 9, 10
- Red Hat Virtualization — versions 4.0, 4.1
- Red Hat Virtualization Manager — versions 4.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2524 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2102 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-1059 (Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3642-2/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2038 (vendor-advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3642-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1267 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-1059?
- CVE-2018-1059 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dpdk Data Plane Development Kit, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-04-24.
- How severe is CVE-2018-1059?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.