# CVE-2018-1059: Information disclosure in DPDK > A malicious guest can expose vhost-user backend process memory due to missing validation of guest physical address mappings in the DPDK library. - **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Not needed - **Attackable:** Local or same network only - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 24 Apr 2018 - **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024 - **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1059, GHSA-ww8j-hjq3-7m8r, RHEA-2018:1547, RHSA-2018:1267, RHSA-2018:2038, RHSA-2018:2102, RHSA-2018:2524, SUSE-SU-2018:1492-1, SUSE-SU-2018:3923-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1059, USN-3642-1 ## What is CVE-2018-1059? CVE-2018-1059 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 24 Apr 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. ### Official description 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. Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1059? It affects 9 products. | Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `openvswitch` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp | | `openvswitch-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp | | `openvswitch-devel` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp | | `openvswitch-ovn-central` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp | | `openvswitch-ovn-common` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp | | `openvswitch-ovn-host` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp | | `openvswitch-ovn-vtep` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp | | `openvswitch-test` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp | | `python-openvswitch` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp | | `openvswitch` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp | | `openvswitch-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp | | `openvswitch-devel` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp | | `openvswitch-ovn-common` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp | | `openvswitch-ovn-host` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp | | `python-openvswitch` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp | | `openstack-selinux` | Red Hat:openstack:10::el7 | All versions | 0:0.8.14-5.el7ost | | `openvswitch` | Red Hat:openstack:10::el7 | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1 | | `openvswitch-debuginfo` | Red Hat:openstack:10::el7 | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1 | | `openvswitch-devel` | Red Hat:openstack:10::el7 | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1 | | `openvswitch-ovn-central` | Red Hat:openstack:10::el7 | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1 | | `openvswitch-ovn-common` | Red Hat:openstack:10::el7 | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1 | | `openvswitch-ovn-host` | Red Hat:openstack:10::el7 | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1 | | `openvswitch-ovn-vtep` | Red Hat:openstack:10::el7 | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1 | | `openvswitch-test` | Red Hat:openstack:10::el7 | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1 | | `python-openvswitch` | Red Hat:openstack:10::el7 | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1 | | `openvswitch` | Red Hat:openstack:12::el7 | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1 | | `openvswitch-debuginfo` | Red Hat:openstack:12::el7 | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1 | | `openvswitch-ovn-central` | Red Hat:openstack:12::el7 | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1 | | `openvswitch-ovn-common` | Red Hat:openstack:12::el7 | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1 | | `openvswitch-ovn-host` | Red Hat:openstack:12::el7 | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1 | | `openvswitch-ovn-vtep` | Red Hat:openstack:12::el7 | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1 | | `openvswitch-test` | Red Hat:openstack:12::el7 | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1 | | `python-openvswitch` | Red Hat:openstack:12::el7 | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1 | | `dpdk` | Red Hat:rhel_extras_other:7 | All versions | 0:17.11-11.el7 | | `dpdk-debuginfo` | Red Hat:rhel_extras_other:7 | All versions | 0:17.11-11.el7 | | `dpdk-devel` | Red Hat:rhel_extras_other:7 | All versions | 0:17.11-11.el7 | | `dpdk-doc` | Red Hat:rhel_extras_other:7 | All versions | 0:17.11-11.el7 | | `dpdk-tools` | Red Hat:rhel_extras_other:7 | All versions | 0:17.11-11.el7 | | `openvswitch` | Red Hat:rhev_manager:4.2 | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp | | `openvswitch-debuginfo` | Red Hat:rhev_manager:4.2 | All versions | 0:2.9.0-19.el7fdp | Products: Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Dpdk Data Plane Development Kit, Redhat Ceph Storage, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath, Redhat Openshift, Redhat Openstack, Redhat Virtualization, Redhat Virtualization Manager. ## How do I fix CVE-2018-1059? Upgrade to a fixed version. ## Is CVE-2018-1059 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1059 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux - [CVE-2020-11651](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11651/): SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2020-7247](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7247/): OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2019-16928](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16928/): Exim Out-of-bounds Write (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2018-6789](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6789/): Exim Buffer Overflow (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2015-2590](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-2590/): Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2018-1059 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2018-1059 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 24 Apr 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1059 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: Canonical Ubuntu Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page. Task: 1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies. 2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it. 3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead. 4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why. 5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing. Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1059/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1059/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1059 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1059 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1059 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1059/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.