Headline
CVE-2023-25522: NVIDIA Support
NVIDIA DGX A100/A800 contains a vulnerability in SBIOS where an attacker may cause improper input validation by providing configuration information in an unexpected format. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.
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
CVE‑2023‑25521
The NVIDIA DGX A100 and A800 systems contain a vulnerability in SBIOS, where improper validation of an input parameter may lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.
7.5
CWE-250
AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE‑2023‑25522
The NVIDIA DGX A100 and A800 systems contain a vulnerability in SBIOS, where information that is provided in an unexpected format may cause improper validation of an input parameter, which may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.
7.5
CWE-20
AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/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.
Security Updates
The following tables list the NVIDIA systems affected, firmware versions affected, and the updated version that includes this security update.
To protect your system, download and install this firmware update through the NVIDIA Enterprise Support Portal.
Note: To get the updated BMC and SBIOS versions listed in the tables, upgrade to the NVIDIA DGX A100 Firmware Update Container Version 23.06.3. Firmware updates are available through the NVIDIA Enterprise Support Portal.
Security Advisory CVE IDs Addressed by NVIDIA
CVE IDs Addressed
Hardware Platform
System
Affected Versions
Updated Version
CVE‑2023‑25521
NVIDIA DGX
NVIDIA DGX A100
NVIDIA DGX A800
All SBIOS versions prior to 1.21
1.21
CVE‑2023‑25522
NVIDIA DGX
NVIDIA DGX A100
NVIDIA DGX A800
All SBIOS versions prior to 1.21
1.21
Security Advisory CVE IDs Addressed by AMI
CVE IDs Addressed
Hardware Platform
System
Affected Versions
Updated Version
CVE‑2022‑26872
CVE‑2022‑40259
CVE‑2022‑2827
CVE‑2022‑40242
NVIDIA DGX
NVIDIA DGX A100
NVIDIA DGX A800
All BMC versions prior to 00.20.04
00.20.04
CVE‑2021‑26316
CVE‑2021‑39298
CVE‑2021‑26402
CVE‑2022‑23813
CVE‑2022‑23814
CVE‑2021‑26328
NVIDIA DGX
NVIDIA DGX A100
NVIDIA DGX A800
All SBIOS versions prior to 1.21
1.21
Security Vulnerabilities Reported by AMI
The following table lists potential security vulnerabilities in some AMI MegaRAC SP-X baseboard management controllers that have been reported by AMI. These vulnerabilities may allow user enumeration, unauthorized access, or arbitrary code execution. The NVIDIA DGX-1, NVIDIA DGX-2, NVIDIA DGX Station, and NVIDIA DGX Station A100 systems are not vulnerable to these issues.
CVE ID
Severity
Vendor
CVE‑2022‑40259
Critical
AMI
CVE‑2022‑26872
High
AMI
CVE‑2022‑2827
High
AMI
CVE‑2021‑26316
High
AMI
CVE‑2021‑39298
High
AMI
CVE‑2021‑26402
High
AMI
CVE‑2022‑40242
Medium
AMI
CVE‑2022‑23813
Medium
AMI
CVE‑2022‑23814
Medium
AMI
CVE‑2021‑26328
Medium
AMI
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Revision History
Revision
Date
Description
1.0
June 30, 2023
Initial release
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