Updated nvidia driver packages fix security vulnerability

A vulnerability has been found in the nvidia proprietary driver that could be used to allow a local, non-privileged user to corrupt kernel memory. This could be used to gain local root privileges. A local user can issue a specially crafted IOCTL to write a 32-bit integer value stored in the kerne...

MGASA-2015-0407 Updated nvidia driver packages fix security vulnerability

A vulnerability has been found in the nvidia proprietary driver that could be used to allow a local, non-privileged user to corrupt kernel memory. This could be used to gain local root privileges. A local user can issue a specially crafted IOCTL to write a 32-bit integer value stored in the kerne...

CVE-2015-7021

The Graphics Drivers subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service kernel memory corruption via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2015-7019

The NVIDIA driver in the Graphics Drivers subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service out-of-bounds read and system crash via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7020...

Out-of-bounds

The NVIDIA driver in the Graphics Drivers subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service out-of-bounds read and system crash via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7020...

Out-of-bounds

The NVIDIA driver in the Graphics Drivers subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service out-of-bounds read and system crash via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7019...

CVE-2015-7020

The NVIDIA driver in the Graphics Drivers subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service out-of-bounds read and system crash via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7019...

CVE-2015-7021

The Graphics Drivers subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service kernel memory corruption via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2015-7019

CVE-2015-7019 affects the NVIDIA graphics driver in Apple OS X Graphics Drivers prior to 10.11.1, allowing a local attacker to read kernel memory (out-of-bounds read) or crash the system. Related CVE-2015-7020 covers similar issues. Publicly available connected documents confirm a memory- and mem...

CVE-2015-7020

CVE-2015-7020 affects Apple OS X: NVIDIA graphics drivers before 10.11.1 allow local users to read kernel memory or crash the system via out-of-bounds reads. Root cause: memory handling issue in the Graphics Drivers component leading to out-of-bounds access. Impact per sources: information disclo...

CVE-2015-7021

CVE-2015-7021 concerns Apple OS X Graphics Drivers memory corruption. The Graphics Drivers subsystem in OS X prior to 10.11.1 allows a local attacker to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, due to memory corruption in the kernel graphics path. Affected software: O...

CVE-2015-7885

The dgncmgmtioctl function in drivers/staging/dgnc/dgncmgmt.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application...

The vulnerability of the Mac OS X operating system allows a perpetrator to gain access to protected information in the kernel’s memory.

The vulnerability of the IOAudioFamily component in the Mac OS X operating system is related to the lack of protection for service data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker, operating locally, to gain access to protected information in the kernel memory...

The vulnerability of the Mac OS X operating system allows a perpetrator to gain access to protected information in the kernel’s memory.

The vulnerability of the SMBClient component in the Mac OS X operating system is related to the lack of protection for service data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an intruder, operating locally, to gain access to protected information in the kernel memory...

The vulnerability of the Mac OS X operating system allows a perpetrator to gain access to protected information in the kernel’s memory.

The vulnerability of the IOGraphics component in the Mac OS X operating system is related to the lack of protection for service data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor, operating remotely, to gain access to protected information in the kernel memory through a specially...

USN-2779-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not check if a new IPv6 MTU set by a user space application was valid. A remote attacker could forge a route advertisement with an invalid MTU that a user space daemon like NetworkManager would honor and apply to the kernel, causing a denial of service...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2773-1)

It was discovered that virtio networking in the Linux kernel did not handle fragments correctly, leading to kernel memory corruption. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute code with administrative privileges. CVE-2015-5156 It was discovered...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2777-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2777-1 advisory. It was discovered that virtio networking in the Linux kernel did not handle fragments correctly, leading to kernel memory corruption. A remote attacker...

USN-2776-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not check if a new IPv6 MTU set by a user space application was valid. A remote attacker could forge a route advertisement with an invalid MTU that a user space daemon like NetworkManager would honor and apply to the kernel, causing a denial of service...

Memory corruption

The kernel in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, and Windows 10 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows Kernel Memory Corruption...