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[USN-2438-1] NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities

Posted on 10 December 2014
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2438-1
December 10, 2014

nvidia-graphics-drivers-304, nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates,
nvidia-graphics-drivers-331, nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates vulnerab=
ilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the NVIDIA graphics drivers.

Software Description:
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-304: NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates: NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-331: NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates: NVIDIA binary Xorg driver

Details:

It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly handled GL=
X
indirect rendering support. An attacker able to connect to an X server,
either locally or remotely, could use these issues to cause the X server =
to
crash or execute arbitrary code resulting in possible privilege escalatio=
n.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
nvidia-304 304.125-0ubuntu0.1
nvidia-304-updates 304.125-0ubuntu0.1
nvidia-331 331.113-0ubuntu0.1
nvidia-331-updates 331.113-0ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
nvidia-304 304.125-0ubuntu0.0.1
nvidia-304-updates 304.125-0ubuntu0.0.1
nvidia-331 331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4
nvidia-331-updates 331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
nvidia-304 304.125-0ubuntu0.0.0.1
nvidia-304-updates 304.125-0ubuntu0.0.0.1
nvidia-331 331.113-0ubuntu0.0.0.3
nvidia-331-updates 331.113-0ubuntu0.0.0.3

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2438-1
CVE-2014-8091, CVE-2014-8098, CVE-2014-8298

Package Information:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/304.125-=
0ubuntu0.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates/=
304.125-0ubuntu0.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-331/331.113-=
0ubuntu0.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates/=
331.113-0ubuntu0.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/304.125-=
0ubuntu0.0.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates/=
304.125-0ubuntu0.0.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-331/331.113-=
0ubuntu0.0.4

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates/=
331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/304.125-=
0ubuntu0.0.0.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates/=
304.125-0ubuntu0.0.0.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-331/331.113-=
0ubuntu0.0.0.3

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates/=
331.113-0ubuntu0.0.0.3

 

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