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Ubuntu: USN-3122-1 (CVE-2016-7382): NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3122-1 (CVE-2016-7382): NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/03/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/03/2016
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla products, NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys for Windows or nvidia.ko for Linux) handler where a missing permissions check may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical memory, leading to an escalation of privileges.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-nvidia-304
  • ubuntu-upgrade-nvidia-304-updates
  • ubuntu-upgrade-nvidia-331
  • ubuntu-upgrade-nvidia-331-updates
  • ubuntu-upgrade-nvidia-340
  • ubuntu-upgrade-nvidia-340-updates
  • ubuntu-upgrade-nvidia-352
  • ubuntu-upgrade-nvidia-352-updates
  • ubuntu-upgrade-nvidia-361
  • ubuntu-upgrade-nvidia-367
  • ubuntu-upgrade-nvidia-current

References

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