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Observable Timing Discrepancy

CVE-2022-42288

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

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.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-208 - Observable Timing Discrepancy

Two separate operations in a product require different amounts of time to complete, in a way that is observable to an actor and reveals security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published