Code Injection in NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager (DCGM) - CVE-2021-34398
Published: August 8, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU55645
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-34398
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the DIAG module where any user can inject shared libraries into the DCGM server, which is usually running as root. A local user can inject and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Affected software
NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager (DCGM)
How to mitigate CVE-2021-34398
Install updates from vendor's website.
NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager (DCGM) - update to 2.2.9