Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-5973 (CCN-184404)

Assigned:2020-06-24
Published:2020-06-24
Updated:2021-07-21
Summary:NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager and the guest drivers contain a vulnerability in vGPU plugin, in which there is the potential to execute privileged operations, which may lead to denial of service. 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).
CVSS v3 Severity:4.4 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
3.9 Low (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
4.4 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
3.9 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:2.1 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-20
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2020-5973

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
nvidia-cve20205973-dos(184404)

Source: CCN
Type: NVIDIA Security Bulletin Answer ID 5031
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - June 2020

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5031

Source: UBUNTU
Type: Third Party Advisory
USN-4404-1

Source: UBUNTU
Type: Third Party Advisory
USN-4404-2

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2020-5973

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 8.0 and <= 8.3)
  • OR cpe:/a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 9.0 and <= 9.3)
  • OR cpe:/a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 10.0 and <= 10.2)

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    nvidia virtual gpu *
    nvidia virtual gpu *
    nvidia virtual gpu *
    canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
    canonical ubuntu linux 19.10
    canonical ubuntu linux 20.04