CVE-2023-25526: NVIDIA Support

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

Base Score

Vector and CWE

CVE-2023-25525

NVIDIA Cumulus Linux contains a vulnerability in forwarding where a VxLAN-encapsulated IPv6 packet received on an SVI interface with DMAC/DIPv6 set to the link-local address of the SVI interface may be incorrectly forwarded. A successful exploit may lead to information disclosure.

7.5

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE-284

CVE-2023-25526

NVIDIA Cumulus Linux contains a vulnerability in neighmgrd and nlmanager where an attacker on an adjacent network may cause an uncaught exception by injecting a crafted packet. A successful exploit may lead to denial of service.

6.5

AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-248

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.

Security Updates

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

Operating System

Affected Versions

Updated Version

CVE-2023-25525

Cumulus Linux

Cumulus Linux

All versions prior to 5.6.0

5.6.0

CVE-2023-25526

Cumulus Linux

Cumulus Linux

All versions prior to 5.5.0

5.5.0

Notes

Earlier software branch releases that support this product are also affected. If you are using an earlier branch release, upgrade to the latest branch release.

Acknowledgements

NVIDIA thanks the following finders:

CVE-2023-25525, CVE-2023-25526: Marc Dovero

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Revision History

Revision

Date

Description

1.0

September 6, 2023

Initial release

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