[USN-3305-1] NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities
Tyler Hicks
tyhicks at canonical.com
Wed May 31 18:10:49 UTC 2017
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3305-1
May 31, 2017
nvidia-graphics-drivers-375 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.10
- 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-375: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
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 versions:
Ubuntu 17.04:
nvidia-367 375.66-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
nvidia-375 375.66-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
Ubuntu 16.10:
nvidia-367 375.66-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
nvidia-375 375.66-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
nvidia-367 375.66-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
nvidia-375 375.66-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
nvidia-367 375.66-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
nvidia-375 375.66-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3305-1
CVE-2017-0350, CVE-2017-0351, CVE-2017-0352
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-375/375.66-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-375/375.66-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-375/375.66-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-375/375.66-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
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