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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201304-01 |
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Severity: High |
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Title: NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege escalation |
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Date: April 08, 2013 |
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Bugs: #429614, #464248 |
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ID: 201304-01 |
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Synopsis |
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Two vulnerabilities in NVIDIA drivers may allow a local attacker to |
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gain escalated privileges. |
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Background |
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The NVIDIA drivers provide X11 and GLX support for NVIDIA graphic |
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boards. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers |
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< 304.88 >= 304.88 |
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Description |
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Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in NVIDIA drivers: |
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* A vulnerability has been found in the way NVIDIA drivers handle |
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read/write access to GPU device nodes, allowing access to arbitrary |
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system memory locations (CVE-2012-4225). |
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* A buffer overflow error has been discovered in NVIDIA drivers |
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(CVE-2013-0131). |
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NOTE: Exposure to CVE-2012-4225 is reduced in Gentoo due to 660 |
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permissions being used on the GPU device nodes by default. |
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Impact |
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A local attacker could gain escalated privileges. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All NVIDIA driver users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-304.88" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-4225 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4225 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2013-0131 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0131 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201304-01.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |