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 the
kernel mode layer. A local attacker could use these issues to cause a
denial 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 computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3461-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities
