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GLSA-201206-19 : NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 59672

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201206-19 (NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege escalation)

 A vulnerability has been found in the way NVIDIA drivers handle read/write access to GPU device nodes, allowing access to arbitrary system memory locations.
 NOTE: Exposure to this vulnerability is reduced in Gentoo due to 660 permissions being used on the GPU device nodes by default.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All NVIDIA driver users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-295.40'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201206-19

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 59672

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201206-19.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 6/25/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:nvidia-drivers, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0946

BID: 52982

GLSA: 201206-19