CVE-2022-42288 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

NVIDIA BMC contains a vulnerability in IPMI handler, where an unauthorized attacker can use certain oracles to guess a valid BMC username, which may lead to an information disclosure.

Published: 2023-01-13

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

NVIDIA

NVIDIA DGX servers

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`All BMC firmware versions prior to 00.19.07`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:dgx_a100_firmware:*:*:*:*:bmc:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:dgx_a100:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45363	NVIDIA BMC contains a vulnerability in IPMI handler, where an unauthorized attacker can use certain oracles to guess a valid BMC username, which may lead to an information disclosure.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00365.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5435

History

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Nvidia Dgx A100 Dgx A100 Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published: 2023-01-13T02:09:02.245Z

Updated: 2025-04-07T17:56:27.043Z

Reserved: 2022-10-03T14:20:26.207Z

Link: CVE-2022-42288

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:03:45.977Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-13T04:15:08.660

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:24:40.693

Link: CVE-2022-42288

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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