Security Bulletin: NVIDIA NVFlash, GPUModeSwitch Tool - November 2019

NVIDIA has released a software security update for NVIDIA NVFlash Tool. This update addresses issues that may lead to escalation of privileges, information disclosure, or denial of service. This update is available only to NVIDIA OEMs and partners. Go to NVIDIA Product Security.

Details

This section summarizes the potential impact that this security update addresses. Descriptions use CWE™, and base scores and vectors use CVSS V3 standards.

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 of your local installation. NVIDIA recommends consulting a security or IT professional to evaluate the risk to your specific configuration.

Security Updates

The following table lists the NVIDIA software products affected and the updated versions that include this security update.

Notes:

• NVFlash and NVUFlash
  • This product update is available only to NVIDIA OEMs and partners.
  • There is no action for end-users.
• GPUModeSwitch product update is available by logging in to the NVIDIA Enterprise Application Hub to download updates from the NVIDIA Licensing Center.

Mitigations

None. See Security Updates for the version to install.

Acknowledgements

CVE‑2019‑5688: NVIDIA thanks Jesse Michael and Mickey Shkatov of Eclypsium for reporting this issue.