Security Bulletin: NVIDIA ConnectX and BlueField - October 2024

Updated 10/29/2024 12:22 PM

NVIDIA has released a firmware update for NVIDIA ConnectX and BlueField Data Processing Unit. To protect your system, download and install this firmware update from the NVIDIA Enterprise Support Portal.

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Details

This section provides a summary of potential vulnerabilities that this security update addresses and their impact. Descriptions use CWE™, and base scores and vectors use CVSS v3.1 standards. 

CVE ID Description Vector Base Score Severity CWE Impacts
CVE-2024-0105 NVIDIA ConnectX Firmware contains a vulnerability where an attacker may cause an improper handling of insufficient privileges issue. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to denial of service, data tampering, and limited information disclosure. AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H 8.9 High CWE‑274 Denial of service, data tampering, and limited information disclosure
CVE-2024-0106 NVIDIA ConnectX Host Firmware for the BlueField Data Processing Unit (DPU) contains a vulnerability where an attacker may cause an improper handling of insufficient privileges issue. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to denial of service, data tampering, and limited information disclosure. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H 8.7 High CWE‑274 Data tampering, denial of service, information disclosure

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 evaluating the risk to your specific configuration.

Security Updates

The following table lists the NVIDIA products affected, versions affected, and the updated version that includes this security update.

CVE IDs Addressed Affected Products Platform or OS Affected Versions Updated Version Updated BlueField Bundle DOCA Version
CVE‑2024-0105
ConnectX4 N/A All versions prior to 12.28.2302 12.28.2302 or later N/A
ConnectX4 LX N/A All versions prior to xx.32.1900 xx.32.1900 or later N/A
ConnectX GA ConnectX 6, ConnectX 6 DX, ConnectX 6 LX, ConnectX 7 All versions prior to xx.41.1000 xx.41.1000 or later N/A
ConnectX LTS22 ConnectX 5, ConnectX 6, ConnectX 6 DX, ConnectX 6 LX, ConnectX 7 All versions prior to xx.35.4030 xx.35.4030 or later N/A
ConnectX LTS23 ConnectX 6, ConnectX 6 DX, ConnectX 6 LX, ConnectX 7 All versions prior to xx.39.3560 xx.39.3560 or later N/A
CVE‑2024-0105
CVE-2024-0106
BlueField 1 N/A All versions prior to 18.31.1014 Contact your NVIDIA Customer Program Manager N/A
BlueField GA BlueField 2, BlueField 3 All versions prior to xx.41.1000 xx.41.1000 or later 2.7.0 or later
BlueField LTS22 BlueField 2 All versions prior to xx.35.4030 xx.35.4030 or later 1.5.3 or later
BlueField LTS23 BlueField 2, BlueField 3 All versions prior to xx.39.3560 xx.39.3560 or later 2.5.2 or later

Notes

  • Earlier software releases of this product are also affected. If you are using an earlier release, upgrade to the latest release version.

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Revision History

Revision Date Description
1.0 29 October 2024 Initial release

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