NvidiaNVIDIA:5511Security Bulletin: NVIDIA BlueField 2 and 3 BMC - January 2024
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
22.8%
NVIDIA has released a firmware update for NVIDIA BlueField DPU Baseboard Management Controller (BMC).
To protect your system, download and install this firmware update from the NVIDIA DOCA Software Framework page.
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‑2023‑31037 | NVIDIA Bluefield 2 and Bluefield 3 DPU BMC contains a vulnerability in ipmitool, where a root user may cause code injection by a network call. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to code execution on the OS. |
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | 7.2 | High | CWE‑94 | Code execution |
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 Product(s) | Platform/OS | Affected Version(s) | Updated Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE‑2023‑31037 | Bluefield 2 DPU BMC, BlueField 3 DPU BMC | BMC software | LTS:2.8.2-46 | |
| 23.04 | ||||
| 23.07 | ||||
| 23.09 |
LTS: 2.8.2-51
23.10
Acknowledgements
NVIDIA thanks HaoKun Yang for reporting issue CVE‑2023‑31037.
Related
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
22.8%