Security Bulletin: NVIDIA Base Command Manager - November 2024

Updated 11/18/2024 04:12 PM

NVIDIA has released a software update for NVIDIA Base Command Manager to address the security issues listed below.

To protect your system, download and install this software update through the BCM Package Repository.

Go to NVIDIA Product Security.


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-2024-0138 NVIDIA Base Command Manager contains a missing authentication vulnerability in the CMDaemon component. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 9.8 Critical CWE‑862 Code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, 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 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
CVE‑2024-0138
NVIDIA Base Command Manager All 10.24.09 10.24.09a

Notes

NVIDIA Base Command Manager 10.24.07 and earlier versions do not contain this vulnerability.

Use this security update to resolve the issue as follows:

  1. Update to the most recent version of CMdaemon on the head nodes and in all software images.
  2. Update the nodes by rebooting them or by resynchronizing them against the software image.

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Revision History

Revision Date Description
1.0 19 November 2024 Initial release

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