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Gentoo: 202405-28 Moderate: NVIDIA Drivers Root Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey May 8, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws identified in NVIDIA software may allow root access escalation. Ensure you update to the patched versions immediately.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NVIDIA Drivers, the worst of which could result in root privilege escalation.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NVIDIA Drivers. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo privilege escalation root escalation NVIDIA drivers driver updates

Resolution

All NVIDIA Drivers 470 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-470.223.02:0/470"
All NVIDIA Drivers 525 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-525.147.05:0/525"
All NVIDIA Drivers 535 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-535.129.03:0/535"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2023-25515 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25515 [ 2 ] CVE-2023-25516 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25516 [ 3 ] CVE-2023-31022 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31022

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202405-28
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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: Normal
Title: NVIDIA Drivers: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: May 08, 2024
Bugs: #909226, #916583
ID: 202405-28

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo privilege escalation root escalation NVIDIA drivers driver updates

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NVIDIA Drivers, the worst of which could result in root privilege escalation.

Background

NVIDIA Drivers are NVIDIA's accelerated graphics driver.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected -------------------------- ------------ ------------- x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers < 470.223.02 >= 470.223.02

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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