NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager up to 8.3/9.3/10.2 vGPU Plugin race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager up to 8.3/9.3/10.2. The affected element is an unknown function of the component vGPU Plugin. Performing a manipulation results in race condition. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2020-5969. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager up to 8.3/9.3/10.2. This affects an unknown code of the component vGPU Plugin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin, in which it validates a shared resource before using it, creating a race condition which may lead to denial of service or information disclosure. This affects vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.4), version 9.x (prior to 9.4) and version 10.x (prior to 10.3).

The weakness was released 06/30/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at nvidia.custhelp.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-5969 since 01/07/2020. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 8.4, 9.4 or 10.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-157253, VDB-157282, VDB-157283 and VDB-157284. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Virtual GPU Manager 8.4/9.4/10.3

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01/07/2020 🔍
06/30/2020 +175 days 🔍
07/02/2020 +2 days 🔍
10/28/2020 +118 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Advisory: nvidia.custhelp.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2020-5969 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-5969
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-157581
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2020 15:59
Updated: 10/28/2020 13:46
Changes: 07/02/2020 15:59 (41), 07/02/2020 16:04 (17), 10/28/2020 13:46 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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