SB2023070409 - Multiple vulnerabilities in NVIDIA DGX A100 and DGX A800



SB2023070409 - Multiple vulnerabilities in NVIDIA DGX A100 and DGX A800

Published: July 4, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023070409
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Execution with unnecessary privileges (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25521)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of an input parameter in SBIOS. A local administrator can run the affected binary and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25522)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in SBIOS. A local administrator can pass specially crafted input to the application and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.