#Security Vulnerability

**What actions do customers need to take to protect themselves from this vulnerability?** Customers with Ubuntu Linux or Azure Linux based Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Node Pools using NVIDIA GPU driver configurations are affected by this vulnerability. Please see below for details on how to update your resources to be protected against this vulnerability. 1. Customers with Azure Linux based AKS Node Pool resources must manually install AKS Node image version 2024.1009.1 to be protected against this vulnerability by running the following CLI command: tdnf install https://packages.microsoft.com/cbl-mariner/2.0/prod/base/x86_64/Packages/n/nvidia-container-toolkit-1.16.2-1.cm2.x86_64.rpm **Note:** The AKS node image, version 20241009.1, will be deployed in November and contain this package by default. Customers can monitor the status of this deployment by using AKS Release Tracker. 2. Customers with Ubuntu Linux based AKS Node Pool resources must manually upgr...

**According to the CVSS metric, the Attack Vector is Physical (AV:P). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** An attacker needs physical access to the target computer to plug in a malicious USB drive.

**What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.

**According to the CVSS metric, the Attack Vector is Physical (AV:P). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** An attacker needs physical access to the target computer to plug in a malicious USB drive.

**According to the CVSS metric, the Attack Vector is Physical (AV:P). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** An attacker needs physical access to the target computer to plug in a malicious USB drive.

**According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?** An attacker must send the user a malicious input file and convince the user to open said input file.

**According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?** An attacker must send the user a malicious file and convince them to open it.

**Why are there no links to an update or instructions with steps that must be taken to protect from this vulnerability?** This vulnerability has already been fully mitigated by Microsoft. There is no action for users of this service to take. This purpose of this CVE is to provide further transparency. Please see Toward greater transparency: Unveiling Cloud Service CVEs for more information.

**What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?** The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is Kernel memory read - unintentional read access to memory contents in kernel space from a user mode process.

**What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?** The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is the contents of OAEP decrypt information. An attacker could read the contents of OAEP decrypt from a user mode process.