Denial of service in NVIDIA Mellanox OS, ONYX, Skyway, MetroX-3 XC and MetroX-2

1) Protection Mechanism Failure

EUVDB-ID: #VU94682

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0101

CWE-ID: CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient implementation of security measures in ipfilter. A remote attacker can bypass implemented security restrictions and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Mellanox OS: 3.11.1000

ONYX: 3.10.4300

Skyway: 8.1.4300 - 8.2.1000

MetroX-3 XC: 18.2.1000

MetroX-2: 3.11.1000

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:mellanox_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:mellanox_os:3.11.1000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:onyx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:onyx:3.10.4300:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:skyway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:skyway:8.1.4300:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:skyway:8.2.1000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:metrox-3_xc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:metrox-3_xc:18.2.1000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:metrox-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5559

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.