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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: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.