UNIX symbolic link following in NVIDIA Container Toolkit and NVIDIA GPU Operator - CVE-2024-0134

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UNIX symbolic link following in NVIDIA Container Toolkit and NVIDIA GPU Operator - CVE-2024-0134

Published: November 5, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU99744
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-2024-0134
CWE-ID: CWE-61
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
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 symlink following issue. A remote user can use a specially crafted container image to create unauthorized files on the host, leading to data tampering.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-0134

Install updates from vendor's website.

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