USN-3122-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3122-1

3rd November, 2016

nvidia-graphics-drivers-304, nvidia-graphics-drivers-340, nvidia-graphics-drivers-367 vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

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.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

nvidia-331 340.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

nvidia-current 304.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

nvidia-340-updates 340.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

nvidia-340 340.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

nvidia-331-updates 340.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

nvidia-361 367.57-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

nvidia-367 367.57-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

nvidia-304-updates 304.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

nvidia-304 304.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

nvidia-331 340.98-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

nvidia-current 304.132-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

nvidia-352 367.57-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

nvidia-340-updates 340.98-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

nvidia-340 340.98-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

nvidia-331-updates 340.98-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

nvidia-304 304.132-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

nvidia-367 367.57-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

nvidia-304-updates 304.132-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

nvidia-352-updates 367.57-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

nvidia-331 340.98-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

nvidia-current 304.132-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

nvidia-340-updates 340.98-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

nvidia-340 340.98-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

nvidia-331-updates 340.98-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

nvidia-304-updates 304.132-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

nvidia-304 304.132-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

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

References

CVE-2016-7382, CVE-2016-7389

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2fz2eYk