Ubuntu 15.10 USN-2814-1 Moderate: NVIDIA Drivers Administrative Issue

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November 18, 2015

NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Summary

NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Software Description:

- nvidia-graphics-drivers-304: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

- nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

- nvidia-graphics-drivers-340: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

- nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

- nvidia-graphics-drivers-352: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

- nvidia-graphics-drivers-352-updates: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

Details:

It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly sanitized

user mode inputs. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly gain

root privileges.

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity local attack root privileges ubuntu administrative access nvidia drivers

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 15.10:
  nvidia-304                      304.131-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
  nvidia-304-updates              304.131-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
  nvidia-331                      340.96-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
  nvidia-331-updates              340.96-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
  nvidia-340                      340.96-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
  nvidia-340-updates              340.96-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
  nvidia-346                      352.63-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
  nvidia-346-updates              352.63-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
  nvidia-352                      352.63-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
  nvidia-352-updates              352.63-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

Ubuntu 15.04:
  nvidia-304                      304.131-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
  nvidia-304-updates              304.131-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
  nvidia-331                      340.96-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
  nvidia-331-updates              340.96-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
  nvidia-340                      340.96-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
  nvidia-340-updates              340.96-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
  nvidia-346                      352.63-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
  nvidia-346-updates              352.63-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
  nvidia-352                      352.63-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
  nvidia-352-updates              352.63-0ubuntu0.15.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  nvidia-304                      304.131-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-304-updates              304.131-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-331                      340.96-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-331-updates              340.96-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-340                      340.96-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-340-updates              340.96-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-346                      352.63-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-346-updates              352.63-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-352                      352.63-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-352-updates              352.63-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  nvidia-304                      304.131-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  nvidia-304-updates              304.131-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  nvidia-331-updates              340.96-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  nvidia-340                      340.96-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  nvidia-340-updates              340.96-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.