CVE-2020-5963 Missing authorization in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

What is CVE-2020-5963?

CVE-2020-5963 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 25 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the Inter Process Communication APIs, in which improper access control may lead to code execution, denial of service, or information disclosure.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5963?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Nvidia Geforce Firmware, Nvidia Nvs Firmware, Nvidia Quadro Firmware, Nvidia Tesla Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5963?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2020-5963 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5963 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-5963, GHSA-3fx9-g477-r6f6, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-5963.