Details
This section provides a summary of potential vulnerabilities that this security update addresses and their impact. The description uses CWE™, and the base score and vector use CVSS v3.1 standards.
| CVE ID | Description | Vector | Base Score | Severity | CWE | Impacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-31029 | NVIDIA DGX A100 baseboard management controller (BMC) contains a vulnerability in the host KVM daemon, where an unauthenticated attacker may cause a stack overflow by sending a specially crafted network packet. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering. |
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
9.3 |
Critical |
Code execution, denial of service, information disclosure and data tampering |
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CVE-2023-31030 |
NVIDIA DGX A100 BMC contains a vulnerability in the host KVM daemon, where an unauthenticated attacker may cause a stack overflow by sending a specially crafted network packet. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering. |
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
9.3 |
Critical |
Code execution, denial of service, information disclosure and data tampering |
|
|
CVE-2023-31024 |
NVIDIA DGX A100 BMC contains a vulnerability in the host KVM daemon, where an unauthenticated attacker may cause stack memory corruption by sending a specially crafted network packet. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering. |
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
9.0 |
Critical |
Code execution, denial of service, information disclosure and data tampering |
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CVE-2023-25529 |
NVIDIA DGX H100 and DGX A100 BMC contains a vulnerability in the host KVM daemon, where an unauthenticated attacker may cause a leak of another user’s session token by observing timing discrepancies between server responses. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to information disclosure, escalation of privileges, and data tampering. |
AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
8.0 |
High |
Information disclosure, escalation of privileges and data tampering |
|
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CVE-2023-25530 |
NVIDIA DGX H100 and DGX A100 BMC contains a vulnerability in the KVM service, where an attacker may cause improper input validation. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, and information disclosure. |
AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
8.0 |
High |
Code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges and information disclosure |
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CVE-2023-31032 |
NVIDIA DGX A100 SBIOS contains a vulnerability where a user may cause a dynamic variable evaluation by local access. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to denial of service. |
AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
7.5 |
High |
Denial of service |
|
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CVE-2023-31035 |
NVIDIA DGX A100 SBIOS contains a vulnerability where an attacker may cause an SMI callout vulnerability that could be used to execute arbitrary code at the SMM level. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, and information disclosure. |
AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
7.5 |
High |
Code execution, denial of services, escalation of privileges and information disclosure |
|
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CVE-2023-31033 |
NVIDIA DGX A100 BMC contains a vulnerability where a user may cause a missing authentication issue for a critical function by an adjacent network . A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to escalation of privileges, code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering. |
AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
6.8 |
Medium |
Escalation of privileges, code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering |
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CVE-2023-31034 |
NVIDIA DGX A100 SBIOS contains a vulnerability where a local attacker can cause input validation checks to be bypassed by causing an integer overflow. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering. |
AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H |
6.6 |
Medium |
Denial of service, information disclosure, data tampering |
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CVE-2023-31025 |
NVIDIA DGX A100 BMC contains a vulnerability where an attacker may cause an LDAP user injection. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to information disclosure. |
AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
6.5 |
Medium |
Information disclosure |
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CVE-2023-31031 |
NVIDIA DGX A100 SBIOS contains a vulnerability where a user may cause a heap-based buffer overflow by local access. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering. |
AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
4.2 |
Medium |
Code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering |
The NVIDIA risk assessment is based on an average of risk across a diverse set of installed systems and may not represent the true risk to your local installation. NVIDIA recommends consulting a security or IT professional to evaluate the risk to your specific configuration.
Security Updates
The following tables list the NVIDIA systems affected, firmware versions affected, and the updated version that includes this security update.
Note: To get the updated BMC and SBIOS versions listed in the tables, upgrade to the NVIDIA DGX A100 Firmware Update Container Version 23.12.1. Firmware updates are available through the NVIDIA Enterprise Support Portal.
| CVE IDs Addressed | Affected Product(s) | Platform/OS | Affected Version(s) | Updated Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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CVE‑2023‑31024
CVE‑2023‑31025
CVE‑2023‑31029
CVE‑2023‑31030
CVE‑2023‑31033
CVE‑2023‑25529 CVE‑2023‑25530 |
DGX A100 | DGX A100 | All BMC versions prior to 00.22.05 | 00.22.05 |
|
CVE‑2023‑31031
CVE‑2023‑31032
CVE‑2023‑31034
CVE‑2023‑31035
|
DGX A100 | DGX A100 | All SBIOS versions prior to 1.25 | 1.25 |
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Revision History
| Revision | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | January 25, 2024 | Fixed updated version info for SBIOS |
| 1.1 | January 17, 2024 | Removed reference to DGX H100 security update. Issue was fixed in August 2023. |
| 1.0 | January 11, 2024 | Initial release |
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