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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201206-19 |
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Severity: High |
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Title: NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege escalation |
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Date: June 23, 2012 |
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Bugs: #411617 |
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ID: 201206-19 |
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Synopsis |
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A vulnerability in NVIDIA drivers may allow a local attacker to gain |
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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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< 295.40 >= 295.40 |
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Description |
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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. |
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NOTE: Exposure to this vulnerability 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-295.40" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-0946 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0946 |
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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-201206-19.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 2012 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 |