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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200708-14
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Severity: Normal
Title: NVIDIA drivers: Denial of Service
Date: August 19, 2007
Bugs: #183567
ID: 200708-14
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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been discovered in the NVIDIA graphic drivers,
allowing for a Denial of Service.
Background
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The NVIDIA drivers provide support for NVIDIA graphic boards.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers < 100.14.09 >= 100.14.09
*>= 1.0.9639
*>= 1.0.7185
Description
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Gregory Shikhman discovered that the default Gentoo setup of NVIDIA
drivers creates the /dev/nvidia* with insecure file permissions.
Impact
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A local attacker could send arbitrary values into the devices, possibly
resulting in hardware damage on the graphic board or a Denial of
Service.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All NVIDIA drivers users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-3532
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3532
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-14.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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