USN-2747-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability
28 September 2015
nvidia-graphics-drivers-304, nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates, nvidia-graphics-drivers-340, nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates, nvidia-graphics-drivers-346, nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updates, jockey vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- 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-346 - NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updates - NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
- jockey - user interface and desktop integration for driver management
Details
Dario Weisser discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly handled certain IOCTL writes. 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 15.04
- nvidia-304 - 304.128-0ubuntu0.1
- nvidia-304-updates - 304.128-0ubuntu0.1
- nvidia-340 - 340.93-0ubuntu0.1
- nvidia-340-updates - 340.93-0ubuntu0.1
- nvidia-346 - 346.96-0ubuntu0.1
- nvidia-346-updates - 346.96-0ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- nvidia-304 - 304.128-0ubuntu0.0.1
- nvidia-304-updates - 304.128-0ubuntu0.0.1
- nvidia-340 - 340.93-0ubuntu0.0.1
- nvidia-340-updates - 340.93-0ubuntu0.0.1
- nvidia-346 - 346.96-0ubuntu0.0.1
- nvidia-346-updates - 346.96-0ubuntu0.0.1
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- jockey-common - 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.16
- nvidia-304 - 304.128-0ubuntu0.0.0.1
- nvidia-304-updates - 304.128-0ubuntu0.0.0.1
- nvidia-340 - 340.93-0ubuntu0.0.0.1
- nvidia-340-updates - 340.93-0ubuntu0.0.0.1
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.