Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in NVIDIA Container Toolkit and NVIDIA GPU Operator - CVE-2024-0133
Published: October 1, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU97847
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0133
CWE-ID: CWE-367
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
NVIDIA Container Toolkit
NVIDIA GPU Operator
NVIDIA Container Toolkit
NVIDIA GPU Operator
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a time-of-check, time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in the default mode of operation. A remote user can use specially crafted container image to create empty files on the host file system.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-0133
Install updates from vendor's website.