USN-3122-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities
USN-3122-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3122-1 3rd November, 2016 nvidia-graphics-drivers-304, nvidia-graphics-drivers-340, nvidia-graphics-drivers-367 vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to run programs as an administrator. Software description nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 – NVIDIA binary X.Org driver nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 – NVIDIA binary X.Org driver nvidia-graphics-drivers-367 – NVIDIA binary X.Org driver Details It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly sanitizeduser mode inputs. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly gainroot privileges. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: nvidia-331 340.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 nvidia-current 304.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 nvidia-340-updates 340.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 nvidia-340 340.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 nvidia-331-updates 340.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 nvidia-361 367.57-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 nvidia-367 367.57-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 nvidia-304-updates 304.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 nvidia-304 304.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: nvidia-331 340.98-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 nvidia-current 304.132-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 nvidia-352 367.57-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 nvidia-340-updates [ more… ]