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Gentoo: GLSA-200611-03 High: NVIDIA Graphics Driver Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey November 7, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The NVIDIA GPU driver presents a risk of local privilege elevation on Gentoo systems. Prompt update advised!
The NVIDIA binary graphics driver is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation through an X session.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200611-03 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: NVIDIA binary graphics driver: Privilege escalation vulnerability Date: November 07, 2006 Bugs: #151635 ID: 200611-03

Synopsis ======= The NVIDIA binary graphics driver is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation through an X session.
Background ========= The NVIDIA binary graphics driver from NVIDIA Corporation provides the kernel module and the GL modules for graphic acceleration on the NVIDIA based graphic cards.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 x11-driv...

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