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NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver (October 2023)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 185432

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Synopsis

A display driver installed on the remote Linux host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The NVIDIA GPU display driver software on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a NULL-pointer dereference may lead to denial of service.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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.

See Also

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5491

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 185432

File Name: nvidia_unix_2023_10.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 11/9/2023

Updated: 3/8/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31022

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 10/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-31022

IAVA: 2023-A-0603-S