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CVE-2025-23259

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Description

NVIDIA Mellanox DPDK contains a vulnerability in Poll Mode Driver (PMD), where an attacker on a VM in the system might be able to cause information disclosure and denial of service on the network interface.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.5 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2025-09-04 16:15:34.293000
Last modified
2026-10-18 21:10:00.120000
View original CVE JSON
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  "id": "CVE-2025-23259",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2025-09-04T16:15:34.293",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-18T21:10:00.120",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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    },
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      "value": "NVIDIA Mellanox DPDK contiene una vulnerabilidad en el controlador de modo de sondeo (PMD), donde un atacante en una máquina virtual (VM) del sistema podría causar revelación de información y denegación de servicio en la interfaz de red."
    }
  ],
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          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23259",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5655",
      "source": "[email protected]"
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