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[USN-1420-1] NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability

Posted on 11 April 2012
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1420-1
April 11, 2012

nvidia-graphics-drivers, nvidia-graphics-drivers-173, nvidia-graphics-drive=
rs-173-updates, nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Software Description:
- nvidia-graphics-drivers: NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-173: NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-173-updates: NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates: NVIDIA binary Xorg driver

Details:

It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers could be reconfigured to
gain access to arbitrary system memory. A local attacker could use this
issue to possibly gain root privileges.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.10:
nvidia-173 173.14.30-0ubuntu8.1
nvidia-173-updates 173.14.30-0ubuntu5.1
nvidia-current 280.13-0ubuntu6.1
nvidia-current-updates 280.13-0ubuntu5.1

Ubuntu 11.04:
nvidia-173 173.14.30-0ubuntu1.1
nvidia-current 270.41.06-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
nvidia-173 173.14.22-0ubuntu11.1
nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04.2

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1420-1
CVE-2012-0946

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/280.13-0ubun=
tu6.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-173/173.14.3=
0-0ubuntu8.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-173-updates/=
173.14.30-0ubuntu5.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates/280.=
13-0ubuntu5.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/270.41.06-0u=
buntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-173/173.14.3=
0-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/195.36.24-0u=
buntu1~10.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-173/173.14.2=
2-0ubuntu11.1

 

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