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Gentoo: GLSA-202412-20 High: NVIDIA Drivers Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey December 14, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A critical alert for Gentoo Linux users regarding vulnerabilities in NVIDIA Drivers has been issued. It's essential to update your systems immediately.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NVIDIA Drivers, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation.

Summary

A vulnerability has been discovered in NVIDIA Drivers. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo privilege escalation vulnerability nvidia drivers graphics driver

Resolution

All NVIDIA Drivers 535 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-535.216.01:0/535"
All NVIDIA Drivers 550 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-550.127.05:0/550"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2024-0126 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0126

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202412-20
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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: December 14, 2024
Bugs: #942031
ID: 202412-20

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo privilege escalation vulnerability nvidia drivers graphics driver

Synopsis

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

Background

NVIDIA Drivers are NVIDIA's accelerated graphics driver.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected -------------------------- ------------ ------------- x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers < 535.216.01 >= 535.216.01

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifier for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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