Vigil@nce - NVIDIA: information disclosure via GPU Performance Counters
March 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass access restrictions to data via GPU
Performance Counters of NVIDIA, in order to obtain sensitive
information.
Impacted products: Ubuntu.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: data reading.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 08/03/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The NVIDIA product offers a web service.
However, an attacker can bypass access restrictions to data.
An attacker can therefore use a vulnerability via GPU Performance
Counters of NVIDIA, in order to obtain sensitive information.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/NVIDIA-information-disclosure-via-GPU-Performance-Counters-28693