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USN-3122-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities

2016-11-04 KENNETH 0

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… ]

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MySQL Server bootstrapping and dictionary initialization

2016-11-04 KENNETH 0

MySQL Server bootstrapping and dictionary initialization In MySQL 8.0, we are making large changes to the way the MySQL server stores meta data with the introduction of our native data dictionary. As part of these improvements, we have also made changes to the way the server bootstraps.… Source: MySQL Server bootstrapping and dictionary initialization