USN-3173-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3173-1

17th January, 2017

nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 and nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

Ubuntu 16.10
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software description

nvidia-graphics-drivers-304
– NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
nvidia-graphics-drivers-340
– NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

Details

It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers contained a flaw in the
kernel mode layer. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of
service.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 16.10:: nvidia-331

340.101-0ubuntu0.16.10.1; nvidia-current

304.134-0ubuntu0.16.10.1; nvidia-340-updates

340.101-0ubuntu0.16.10.1; nvidia-340

340.101-0ubuntu0.16.10.1; nvidia-331-updates

340.101-0ubuntu0.16.10.1; nvidia-304-updates

304.134-0ubuntu0.16.10.1; nvidia-304

304.134-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:: nvidia-331

340.101-0ubuntu0.16.04.1; nvidia-current

304.134-0ubuntu0.16.04.1; nvidia-340-updates

340.101-0ubuntu0.16.04.1; nvidia-340

340.101-0ubuntu0.16.04.1; nvidia-331-updates

340.101-0ubuntu0.16.04.1; nvidia-304-updates

304.134-0ubuntu0.16.04.1; nvidia-304

304.134-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:: nvidia-331

340.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1; nvidia-current

304.134-0ubuntu0.14.04.1; nvidia-340-updates

340.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1; nvidia-340

340.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1; nvidia-331-updates

340.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1; nvidia-304-updates

304.134-0ubuntu0.14.04.1; nvidia-304

304.134-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:: nvidia-331

340.101-0ubuntu0.12.04.1; nvidia-current

304.134-0ubuntu0.12.04.1; nvidia-340-updates

340.101-0ubuntu0.12.04.1; nvidia-340

340.101-0ubuntu0.12.04.1; nvidia-331-updates

340.101-0ubuntu0.12.04.1; nvidia-304-updates

304.134-0ubuntu0.12.04.1; nvidia-304

304.134-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2016-8826

Source: USN-3173-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability

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