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Ubuntu 16.10: USN-3173-2 Critical: NVIDIA Drivers Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey March 21, 2017
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The most recent advisory on nvidia-graphics-drivers-375 vulnerabilities for Ubuntu has been issued, targeting crash-related issues to boost stability and performance.
NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Summary

NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:

- nvidia-graphics-drivers-375: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

Details:

USN-3173-1 fixed a vulnerability in nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 and

nvidia-graphics-drivers-340. This update provides the corresponding update for

nvidia-graphics-drivers-375.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers contained a flaw in the

kernel mode layer. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of

service.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.10:
  nvidia-367                      375.39-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
  nvidia-375                      375.39-0ubuntu0.16.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  nvidia-367                      375.39-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  nvidia-375                      375.39-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  nvidia-367                      375.39-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-375                      375.39-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3173-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3173-1

CVE-2016-8826

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-375/375.39-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-375/375.39-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-375/375.39-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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