SB2019072206 - Privilege escalation in NVIDIA Jetson TX1 L4T R32
Published: July 22, 2019
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5680)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to escalate privileges on the targeted system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when loading the "nvtboot-cpu" image in "nvtboot" in the Tegra bootloader. A local authenticated attacker can create a specially crafted application and escalate privileges on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.