1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1799-1

USN-1799-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability

Publication date

10 April 2013

Overview

NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly handled
large ARGB cursors. A local attacker could use this issue to gain root
privileges.

The NVIDIA graphics drivers have been updated to 304.88 to fix this issue.
In addition to the security fix, the updated packages contain bug fixes,
new features, and possibly incompatible changes.

It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly handled
large ARGB cursors. A local attacker could use this issue to gain root
privileges.

The NVIDIA graphics drivers have been updated to 304.88 to fix this issue.
In addition to the security fix, the updated packages contain bug fixes,
new features, and possibly incompatible changes.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
12.10 quantal nvidia-settings –  304.88-0ubuntu0.2
nvidia-settings-updates –  304.88-0ubuntu0.2
nvidia-current-updates –  304.88-0ubuntu0.1
nvidia-current –  304.88-0ubuntu0.1
12.04 precise nvidia-settings –  304.88-0ubuntu0.0.2
nvidia-settings-updates –  304.88-0ubuntu0.0.2
nvidia-current-updates –  304.88-0ubuntu0.0.1
nvidia-current –  304.88-0ubuntu0.0.2

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