NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver (Nov 2022)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168369

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Synopsis

A display driver installed on the remote Linux host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The NVIDIA GPU display driver software on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler, where an unprivileged regular user can cause truncation errors when casting a primitive to a primitive of smaller size causes data to be lost in the conversion, which may lead to denial of service or information disclosure. (CVE-2022-34670)

- NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler, where an out-of-bounds read may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, or data tampering.
(CVE-2022-34676)

- NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler, where an Integer overflow may lead to denial of service or information disclosure. (CVE-2022-42263)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the NVIDIA graphics driver in accordance with the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168369

File Name: nvidia_unix_2022_11.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 12/2/2022

Updated: 3/8/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-42264

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:nvidia:gpu_driver

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, NVIDIA_UNIX_Driver/Version, NVIDIA_UNIX_Driver/GPU_Model

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-34670, CVE-2022-34673, CVE-2022-34674, CVE-2022-34675, CVE-2022-34677, CVE-2022-34679, CVE-2022-34680, CVE-2022-34682, CVE-2022-34684, CVE-2022-42254, CVE-2022-42255, CVE-2022-42256, CVE-2022-42257, CVE-2022-42258, CVE-2022-42259, CVE-2022-42260, CVE-2022-42261, CVE-2022-42262, CVE-2022-42263, CVE-2022-42264, CVE-2022-42265

IAVA: 2022-A-0504-S

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