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Gentoo: GLSA-201402-02 High: NVIDIA Drivers Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey February 2, 2014
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A bug in NVIDIA drivers enables local user escalation of privileges. Upgrade now to ensure system security!
A NVIDIA drivers bug allows unprivileged user-mode software to access the GPU inappropriately, allowing for privilege escalation.

Summary

The vulnerability is caused due to the driver allowing unprivileged user-mode software to access the GPU.

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Topics Covered

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Resolution

All NVIDIA Drivers users using the 331 branch should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-331.20"
All NVIDIA Drivers users using the 319 branch should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-319.76"
All NVIDIA Drivers users using the 304 branch should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-304.116"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-5986 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5986 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-5987 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5987

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-02
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege Escalation
Date: February 02, 2014
Bugs: #493448
ID: 201402-02

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

A NVIDIA drivers bug allows unprivileged user-mode software to access the GPU inappropriately, allowing for privilege escalation.

Background

The NVIDIA drivers provide X11 and GLX support for NVIDIA graphic boards.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers < 331.20 *>= 304.116 *>= 319.76 >= 331.20

Impact

===== A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.