Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: Critical Security Notice USN-3921-1 NVIDIA Driver

ubuntu

November 3, 2016

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-340: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

- nvidia-graphics-drivers-367: 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 critical ubuntu admin privileges nvidia graphics

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  nvidia-304                      304.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  nvidia-304-updates              304.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  nvidia-331                      340.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  nvidia-331-updates              340.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  nvidia-340                      340.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  nvidia-340-updates              340.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  nvidia-361                      367.57-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  nvidia-367                      367.57-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  nvidia-current                  304.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  nvidia-304                      304.132-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
  nvidia-304-updates              304.132-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
  nvidia-331                      340.98-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-331-updates              340.98-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-340                      340.98-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-340-updates              340.98-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-352                      367.57-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-352-updates              367.57-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-367                      367.57-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-current                  304.132-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  nvidia-304                      304.132-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  nvidia-304-updates              304.132-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  nvidia-331                      340.98-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  nvidia-331-updates              340.98-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  nvidia-340                      340.98-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  nvidia-340-updates              340.98-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  nvidia-current                  304.132-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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