CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
9.0%
NVIDIA has released a firmware update for the NVIDIA BlueField Data Processing Unit. This update addresses security issues that may lead to escalation of privileges. To protect your system, download and install this firmware update from the NVIDIA Networking Support page.
Go to NVIDIA Product Security.
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 | Base Score | Vector and CWE |
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CVE‑2023‑25519 |
NVIDIA ConnectX Host Firmware for the BlueField Data Processing Unit contains a vulnerability where a restricted host may cause an incorrect user management error. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to escalation of privileges.** **
| 7.8 |
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The following tables list the NVIDIA systems affected, firmware versions affected, and the updated version that includes this security update.
CVE IDs Addressed | Affected Product | Affected Versions | Updated Firmware Versions | Updated BFB Version |
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CVE‑2023‑25519
|
** **BlueField 1
| All versions after 18.24.1000 |
Contact your NVIDIA Customer Program Manager
|
N/A
BlueField 2 LTS
| All versions prior to 24.35.3006 |
24.35.3006 or later
|
3.9.5 or later
BlueField 2 GA
| All versions prior to 24.38.1002 |
24.38.1002 or later
|
4.2.0 or later
BlueField 3 GA
| All versions prior to 32.38.1002 |
32.38.1002 or later
|
4.2.0 or later
NVIDIA thanks Hugo Magalhaes from Oracle for reporting issue CVE-2023-25519.