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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2020-09-30T18:53:44

Updated: 2024-08-04T12:46:33.887Z

Reserved: 2020-06-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-14377

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-09-30T19:15:12.917

Modified: 2021-01-05T18:32:01.593

Link: CVE-2020-14377

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2020-09-28T15:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-14377 - Bugzilla