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UbuntuUSN-1799-1HistoryApr 10, 2013 - 12:00 a.m.
NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability
2013-04-1000:00:00
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Releases
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04
Packages
- nvidia-graphics-drivers - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
- nvidia-settings - Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
- nvidia-settings-updates - Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
Details
It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly handled
large ARGB cursors. A local attacker could use this issue to gain root
privileges.
The NVIDIA graphics drivers have been updated to 304.88 to fix this issue.
In addition to the security fix, the updated packages contain bug fixes,
new features, and possibly incompatible changes.
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | 12.10 | noarch | nvidia-settings | < 304.88-0ubuntu0.2 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 12.10 | noarch | nvidia-settings-updates | < 304.88-0ubuntu0.2 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 12.10 | noarch | nvidia-current-updates | < 304.88-0ubuntu0.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 12.10 | noarch | nvidia-current-updates-dev | < 304.88-0ubuntu0.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 12.10 | noarch | nvidia-current | < 304.88-0ubuntu0.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | nvidia-settings | < 304.88-0ubuntu0.0.2 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | nvidia-settings-updates | < 304.88-0ubuntu0.0.2 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | nvidia-current-updates | < 304.88-0ubuntu0.0.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | nvidia-current-updates-dev | < 304.88-0ubuntu0.0.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | nvidia-current | < 304.88-0ubuntu0.0.2 | UNKNOWN |
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