USN-3461-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities
USN-3461-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3461-1 23rd October, 2017 nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 17.04 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator. Software description nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 – Transitional package for libcuda1-384 Details It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers contained flaws in thekernel mode layer. A local attacker could use these issues to cause adenial of service or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 17.04: nvidia-384 384.90-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: nvidia-384 384.90-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: nvidia-384 384.90-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update you need to reboot your [ more… ]