Security Bulletin: NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier Series, Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson TX1, Jetson TX2 Series (including Jetson TX2 NX), and Jetson Nano (including Jetson Nano 2GB) - June 2023

Updated 06/23/2023 08:40 AM

NVIDIA has released a software update for NVIDIA® Jetson AGX Xavier™ series, Jetson Xavier™ NX, Jetson TX1, Jetson TX2 series (including Jetson TX2 NX), and Jetson Nano™ devices (including Jetson Nano 2GB) in the NVIDIA JetPack™ software development kit (SDK). The update addresses security issues that may lead to code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, and loss of integrity. To protect your system, download and install the latest NVIDIA JetPack SDK from NVIDIA DevZone.

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Details

This section provides a summary of potential vulnerabilities that this security update addresses and their impact. Descriptions use CWE™, and base scores and vectors use CVSS v3.1 standards.

CVE ID Description Base Score Vector
CVE‑2023‑25518 NVIDIA Jetson contains a vulnerability in CBoot, where the PCIe controller is initialized without IOMMU, which may allow an attacker with physical access to the target device to read and write to arbitrary memory. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, and loss of integrity.  7.1 CWE-923
AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE‑2023‑25520 NVIDIA Jetson Linux Driver Package contains a vulnerability in nvbootctrl, where a privileged local attacker can configure invalid settings, resulting in denial of service. 4.4 CWE-20
AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

The NVIDIA risk assessment is based on an average of risk across a diverse set of installed systems and may not represent the true risk to your local installation. NVIDIA recommends consulting a security or IT professional to evaluate the risk to your specific configuration.

Security Updates

The following table lists the NVIDIA software products affected, versions affected, and the updated version that includes this security update.

CVE IDs Addressed Software Product Operating System Affected Versions Updated Version
CVE‑2023‑25518 Jetson AGX Xavier series, Jetson Xavier NX Jetson Linux All versions prior to 32.7.4 32.7.4
CVE‑2023‑25520 Jetson AGX Xavier series, Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson TX2 series, Jetson TX2 NX Jetson Linux All versions prior to 32.7.4 32.7.4

Notes

  • Earlier software branch releases that support this product are also affected. If you are using an earlier branch release, upgrade to the latest branch release.

Acknowledgements

NVIDIA thanks the following finders for reporting these issues

CVE-2023-25518: Worldcoin Security Lab 
CVE‑2023‑25520: Trae Mazza

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Revision History

Revision Date Description
1.0 June 23, 2023 Initial release

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