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Added: glsa-201402-02.xml |
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Log: |
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GLSA 201402-02 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201402-02.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201402-02.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201402-02.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
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Index: glsa-201402-02.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> |
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<glsa id="201402-02"> |
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<title>NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege Escalation</title> |
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<synopsis>A NVIDIA drivers bug allows unprivileged user-mode software to |
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access the GPU inappropriately, allowing for privilege escalation. |
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</synopsis> |
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<product type="ebuild">nvidia-drivers</product> |
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<announced>February 02, 2014</announced> |
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<revised>February 02, 2014: 1</revised> |
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<bug>493448</bug> |
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<access>local</access> |
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<affected> |
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<package name="x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
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<unaffected range="ge">331.20</unaffected> |
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<unaffected range="rge">319.76</unaffected> |
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<unaffected range="rge">304.116</unaffected> |
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<vulnerable range="lt">331.20</vulnerable> |
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</package> |
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</affected> |
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<background> |
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<p>The NVIDIA drivers provide X11 and GLX support for NVIDIA graphic |
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boards. |
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</p> |
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</background> |
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<description> |
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<p>The vulnerability is caused due to the driver allowing unprivileged |
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user-mode software to access the GPU. |
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</p> |
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</description> |
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<impact type="high"> |
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<p>A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.</p> |
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</impact> |
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<workaround> |
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> |
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</workaround> |
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<resolution> |
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<p>All NVIDIA Drivers users using the 331 branch should upgrade to the |
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latest version: |
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</p> |
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<code> |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose |
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">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-331.20" |
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</code> |
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<p>All NVIDIA Drivers users using the 319 branch should upgrade to the |
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latest version: |
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</p> |
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<code> |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose |
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">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-319.76" |
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</code> |
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<p>All NVIDIA Drivers users using the 304 branch should upgrade to the |
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latest version: |
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</p> |
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<code> |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose |
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">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-304.116" |
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</code> |
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</resolution> |
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<references> |
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5987">CVE-2013-5987</uri> |
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</references> |
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 14 Dec 2013 04:12:07 +0000"> |
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BlueKnight |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 02 Feb 2014 17:54:59 +0000"> |
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BlueKnight |
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</metadata> |
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</glsa> |
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