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1. [USN-1420-1] NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability
(Marc Deslauriers)
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Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:59:14 -0400
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-1420-1] NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1420-1
April 11, 2012
nvidia-graphics-drivers, nvidia-graphics-drivers-173, nvidia-graphics-drivers-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/280.13-0ubuntu6.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-173/173.14.30-0ubuntu8.1
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/270.41.06-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-173/173.14.30-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-173/173.14.22-0ubuntu11.1
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