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CVE-2020-10724

A vulnerability was found in DPDK versions 18.11 and above. The vhost-crypto library code is missing validations for user-supplied values, potentially allowing an information leak through an out-of-bounds memory read.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.1, requiring local system access to exploit with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction . The vulnerability impacts limited integrity, and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 3 products from dpdk, from canonical, from fedoraproject organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2020, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2020-05-19T19:15:09.930

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:55:56.143

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.1 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-190
Type: Primary
CWE-125

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	dpdk	data_plane_development_kit	≤ 18.11	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	19.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	20.04	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	32	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00045.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=269 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10724 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HRHKFVV4MRWNNJOYQOVP64L4UVWYPEO4/ ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4362-1/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/18/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00045.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=269 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10724 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HRHKFVV4MRWNNJOYQOVP64L4UVWYPEO4/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4362-1/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/18/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For dpdk's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.