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authorAlex Legler <alex@a3li.li>2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201402-02">
+ <title>NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege Escalation</title>
+ <synopsis>A NVIDIA drivers bug allows unprivileged user-mode software to
+ access the GPU inappropriately, allowing for privilege escalation.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">nvidia-drivers</product>
+ <announced>February 02, 2014</announced>
+ <revised>March 13, 2014: 3</revised>
+ <bug>493448</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">331.20</unaffected>
+ <unaffected range="rge">319.76</unaffected>
+ <unaffected range="rge">304.116</unaffected>
+ <unaffected range="rge">304.119</unaffected>
+ <unaffected range="rge">304.121</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">331.20</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>The NVIDIA drivers provide X11 and GLX support for NVIDIA graphic
+ boards.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>The vulnerability is caused due to the driver allowing unprivileged
+ user-mode software to access the GPU.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.</p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All NVIDIA Drivers users using the 331 branch should upgrade to the
+ latest version:
+ </p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
+ "&gt;=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-331.20"
+ </code>
+
+ <p>All NVIDIA Drivers users using the 319 branch should upgrade to the
+ latest version:
+ </p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
+ "&gt;=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-319.76"
+ </code>
+
+ <p>All NVIDIA Drivers users using the 304 branch should upgrade to the
+ latest version:
+ </p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
+ "&gt;=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-304.116"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5986">CVE-2013-5986</uri>
+ <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5987">CVE-2013-5987</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 14 Dec 2013 04:12:07 +0000">
+ BlueKnight
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 13 Mar 2014 06:49:59 +0000">
+ BlueKnight
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>