SB2019072206 - Privilege escalation in NVIDIA Jetson TX1 L4T R32
Published: July 22, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019072206
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5680)
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.