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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2814-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2814-1
Posted Nov 19, 2015
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 2814-1 - It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly sanitized user mode inputs. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly gain root privileges.

tags | advisory, local, root
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2015-7869
SHA-256 | 9cea44ac231bd8392a6ff769542f3eae7053e40d8eb4017356111b4dc0c88e83

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2814-1

Change Mirror Download
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2814-1
November 18, 2015

nvidia-graphics-drivers-304, nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates,
nvidia-graphics-drivers-340, nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates,
nvidia-graphics-drivers-352, nvidia-graphics-drivers-352-updates vulnerability
============================================================================

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

- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 15.04
- 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-304-updates: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-340: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-352: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-352-updates: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

Details:

It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly sanitized
user mode inputs. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly gain
root privileges.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.10:
nvidia-304 304.131-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
nvidia-304-updates 304.131-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
nvidia-331 340.96-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
nvidia-331-updates 340.96-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
nvidia-340 340.96-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
nvidia-340-updates 340.96-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
nvidia-346 352.63-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
nvidia-346-updates 352.63-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
nvidia-352 352.63-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
nvidia-352-updates 352.63-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

Ubuntu 15.04:
nvidia-304 304.131-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
nvidia-304-updates 304.131-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
nvidia-331 340.96-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
nvidia-331-updates 340.96-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
nvidia-340 340.96-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
nvidia-340-updates 340.96-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
nvidia-346 352.63-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
nvidia-346-updates 352.63-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
nvidia-352 352.63-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
nvidia-352-updates 352.63-0ubuntu0.15.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
nvidia-304 304.131-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
nvidia-304-updates 304.131-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
nvidia-331 340.96-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
nvidia-331-updates 340.96-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
nvidia-340 340.96-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
nvidia-340-updates 340.96-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
nvidia-346 352.63-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
nvidia-346-updates 352.63-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
nvidia-352 352.63-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
nvidia-352-updates 352.63-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
nvidia-304 304.131-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
nvidia-304-updates 304.131-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
nvidia-331-updates 340.96-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
nvidia-340 340.96-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
nvidia-340-updates 340.96-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2814-1
CVE-2015-7869

Package Information:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/304.131-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates/304.131-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/340.96-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates/340.96-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-352/352.63-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-352-updates/352.63-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/304.131-0ubuntu0.15.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates/304.131-0ubuntu0.15.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/340.96-0ubuntu0.15.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates/340.96-0ubuntu0.15.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-352/352.63-0ubuntu0.15.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-352-updates/352.63-0ubuntu0.15.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/304.131-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates/304.131-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/340.96-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates/340.96-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-352/352.63-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-352-updates/352.63-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/304.131-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates/304.131-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/340.96-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates/340.96-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
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