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

Vulnerability identifier: #VU99744

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 4.8 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0134

CWE-ID: CWE-61

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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.

NVIDIA Container Toolkit
NVIDIA GPU Operator
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Containers Module
openSUSE Leap
Fedora
golang-github-nvidia-container-toolkit
nvidia-container-toolkit

Install updates from vendor's website.

NVIDIA Container Toolkit - update to 1.16.z
NVIDIA GPU Operator - update to 24.9.z
golang-github-nvidia-container-toolkit - addressed in versions 1.17.0-1.fc40, 1.17.0-1.fc41, 1.17.3-1.fc40
nvidia-container-toolkit - update to 1.18.0-150200.5.17.1

• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5585

• UNIX symbolic link following in NVIDIA Container Toolkit and GPU Operator
• Fedora 41 update for golang-github-nvidia-container-toolkit
• Fedora 40 update for golang-github-nvidia-container-toolkit
• Fedora 40 update for golang-github-nvidia-container-toolkit
• SUSE update for nvidia-container-toolkit