Title: EGI SVG 'ALERT' [TLP:WHITE] Multiple NVIDIA GPU
vulnerabilities [EGI-SVG-CVE-2023-0189]
Date: 2023-04-21
Updated: 2023-04-25
Affected software and risk
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Various vulnerabilities concerning NVIDIA GPU
Package : NVIDIA GPU
CVE ID : CVE-2023-0189 and others
CVSS Score : 8.8 [R 1]
NVIDIA has announced several vulnerabilities in the NVIDIA GPU display driver.
[R 1]
Actions required/recommended
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Sites running NVIDIA GPU should update as soon as possible.
If anyone becomes aware of any situation where this vulnerability has a
significant impact on the EGI infrastructure then please inform EGI SVG.
Component installation information
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See [R 1]
More information
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We were alerted to these NVIDIA GPU vulnerabilities by the UK Security team.
Members of SVG are aware that some sites are deploying GPUs therefore we
decided to alert sites to this.
TLP and URL
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** WHITE information - Unlimited distribution
- see https://confluence.egi.eu/display/EGIG/Traffic+Light+Protocol
for distribution restrictions**
URL: https://advisories.egi.eu/Advisory-SVG-CVE-2023-0189
Minor updates may be made without re-distribution to the sites.
Comments
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Comments or questions should be sent to svg-rat at mailman.egi.eu
If you find or become aware of another vulnerability which is relevant
to EGI you may report it by e-mail to
report-vulnerability at egi.eu
the EGI Software Vulnerability Group will take a look according to the
procedure defined in [R 99].
References
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[R 1] https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5452
[R 99] https://documents.egi.eu/public/ShowDocument?docid=3867
Credit
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SVG was alerted to this vulnerability by the UK security team.
Timeline
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Yyyy-mm-dd [EGI-SVG-CVE-2023-0189]
2023-04-13 SVG alerted to this issue by the UK security team.
2023-04-13 SVG member stated some sites now using GPUs
2023-04-21 Alert sent to sites
2023-04-26 Alert placed on advisories.egi.eu
Context
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This advisory has been prepared as part of the effort to fulfil EGI SVG's
purpose "To minimize the risk to the EGI infrastructure arising from software
vulnerabilities"
The risk is that assessed by the group, according to the EGI SVG issue handling
procedure [R 99] in the context of how the software is used in the EGI
infrastructure. It is the opinion of the group, we do not guarantee it to be
correct. The risk may also be higher or lower in other deployments depending on
how the software is used.
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This advisory is subject to the Creative commons licence
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
and the EGI https://www.egi.eu/ Software Vulnerability Group must be credited.
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