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UbuntuUSN-1420-1HistoryApr 11, 2012 - 12:00 a.m.
NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability
2012-04-1100:00:00
ubuntu.com
42
CVSS2
4.6
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
6.4
Confidence
Low
EPSS
0.001
Percentile
26.0%
Releases
- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.04
Packages
- nvidia-graphics-drivers - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-173-updates - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
Details
It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers could be reconfigured to
gain access to arbitrary system memory. A local attacker could use this
issue to possibly gain root privileges.
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | 11.10 | noarch | nvidia-173-updates | < 173.14.30-0ubuntu5.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 11.10 | noarch | nvidia-173-updates-dev | < 173.14.30-0ubuntu5.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 11.10 | noarch | nvidia-173 | < 173.14.30-0ubuntu8.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 11.10 | noarch | nvidia-173-dev | < 173.14.30-0ubuntu8.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 11.10 | noarch | nvidia-current-updates | < 280.13-0ubuntu5.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 11.10 | noarch | nvidia-current-updates-dev | < 280.13-0ubuntu5.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 11.10 | noarch | nvidia-current | < 280.13-0ubuntu6.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 11.10 | noarch | nvidia-current-dev | < 280.13-0ubuntu6.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 11.04 | noarch | nvidia-173 | < 173.14.30-0ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 11.04 | noarch | nvidia-173-dev | < 173.14.30-0ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
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CVSS2
4.6
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
6.4
Confidence
Low
EPSS
0.001
Percentile
26.0%
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