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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities (USN-5276-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 157456

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 21.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5276-1 advisory.

 - NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver, where improper handling of insufficient permissions or privileges may allow an unprivileged local user limited write access to protected memory, which can lead to denial of service. (CVE-2022-21813)

 - NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver package, where improper handling of insufficient permissions or privileges may allow an unprivileged local user limited write access to protected memory, which can lead to denial of service. (CVE-2022-21814)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5276-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 157456

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5276-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/9/2022

Updated: 3/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21814

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-cfg1-440-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-cfg1-450-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-cfg1-460, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-cfg1-460-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-cfg1-465, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-cfg1-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-cfg1-470-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-cfg1-495, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-cfg1-510, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-common-440-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-common-450-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-common-460, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-common-460-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-common-465, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-common-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-common-470-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-common-495, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-common-510, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-compute-440-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-compute-450-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-compute-460, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-compute-460-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-compute-465, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-compute-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-compute-470-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-compute-495, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-compute-510, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-decode-440-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-decode-450-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-decode-460, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-decode-460-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-decode-465, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-decode-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-decode-470-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-decode-495, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-decode-510, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-encode-440-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-encode-450-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-encode-460, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-encode-460-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-encode-465, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-encode-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-encode-470-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-encode-495, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-encode-510, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-extra-440-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-extra-450-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-extra-460, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-extra-460-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-extra-465, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-extra-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-extra-470-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-extra-495, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-extra-510, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-fbc1-440-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-fbc1-450-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-fbc1-460, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-fbc1-460-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-fbc1-465, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-fbc1-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-fbc1-470-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-fbc1-495, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-fbc1-510, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-gl-440-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-gl-450-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-gl-460, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-gl-460-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-gl-465, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-gl-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-gl-470-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-gl-495, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-gl-510, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-ifr1-440-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-ifr1-450-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-ifr1-460, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-ifr1-460-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-ifr1-465, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-ifr1-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnvidia-ifr1-470-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-compute-utils-440-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-compute-utils-450-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-compute-utils-460, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-compute-utils-460-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-compute-utils-465, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-compute-utils-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-compute-utils-470-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-compute-utils-495, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-compute-utils-510, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-dkms-440-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-dkms-450-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-dkms-460, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-dkms-460-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-dkms-465, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-dkms-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-dkms-470-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-dkms-495, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-dkms-510, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-driver-440-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-driver-450-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-driver-460, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-driver-460-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-driver-465, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-driver-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-driver-470-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-driver-495, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-driver-510, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-headless-440-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-headless-450-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-headless-460, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-headless-460-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-headless-465, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-headless-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-headless-470-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-headless-495, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-headless-510, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-headless-no-dkms-440-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-headless-no-dkms-450-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-headless-no-dkms-460, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-headless-no-dkms-460-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-headless-no-dkms-465, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-headless-no-dkms-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-headless-no-dkms-470-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-headless-no-dkms-495, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-headless-no-dkms-510, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-utils-440-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-utils-450-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-utils-460, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-utils-460-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-utils-465, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-utils-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-utils-470-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-utils-495, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-utils-510, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-450-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-465, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-495, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21813, CVE-2022-21814

IAVA: 2022-A-0102-S

USN: 5276-1