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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-3904-1 Low Severity: NVIDIA Information Exposure

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Calendar Grey March 7, 2019
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NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:

- nvidia-graphics-drivers-390: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

Details:

It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly handled the

GPU performance counters. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to

access the application data processed on the GPU.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu local threat low severity information exposure NVIDIA driver

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.10:
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390   390.116-0ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390   390.116-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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

References

CVE‑2018‑6260

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March 07, 2019

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Topics Covered

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-390/390.116-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-390/390.116-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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