Arch Linux ASA-201412-12 Critical: Nvidia Arbitrary Code Execution

The packages nvidia and nvidia-lts before version 343.36-1 are vulnerable to arbitrary code execution or denial of service.

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201412-12
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Severity: Critical
Date    : 2014-12-12
CVE-ID  : CVE-2014-8091 CVE-2014-8098 CVE-2014-8298
Package : nvidia nvidia-lts
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE-2014

Summary
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The packages nvidia and nvidia-lts before version 343.36-1 are
vulnerable to arbitrary code execution or denial of service.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 343.36-1.

# pacman -Syu "nvidia>=343.36-1"
# pacman -Syu "nvidia-lts>=343.36-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 343.36.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly handled
GLX indirect rendering support. An attacker able to connect to an X
server, either locally or remotely, could use these issues to cause the
X server to crash or execute arbitrary code resulting in possible
privilege escalation.

Impact
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An attacker able to connect to an X server, either locally or remotely,
could use these issues to cause the X server to crash or execute
arbitrary code resulting in possible privilege escalation.

References
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https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3610
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-8091
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-8098
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-8298