The remote host is missing an update for the 'nvidia' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2012-67 advisory. The NVIDIA UNIX driver before 295.40 allows local users to access arbitrary memory locations by leveraging GPU device-node read/write privileges
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alas | www.alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2012-67.html |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120589");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-0946");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-08 11:30:12 +0000 (Tue, 08 Sep 2015)");
script_version("2025-01-23T05:37:38+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-01-23 05:37:38 +0000 (Thu, 23 Jan 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.6");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2012-67)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/amazon_linux", "ssh/login/release");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"ALAS-2012-67");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2012-67.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'nvidia' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2012-67 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The NVIDIA UNIX driver before 295.40 allows local users to access arbitrary memory locations by leveraging GPU device-node read/write privileges.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'nvidia' package(s) on Amazon Linux.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "AMAZON") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nvidia", rpm:"nvidia~295.40.3.2.12~1.1.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nvidia-kmod", rpm:"nvidia-kmod~295.40.3.2.12~1.1.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nvidia-kmod-3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1", rpm:"nvidia-kmod-3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1~295.40~1.1.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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