Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : nvidia (MDKSA-2007:007)

high Nessus Plugin ID 24623

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability in the NVIDIA Xorg driver was discovered by Derek Abdine who found that it did not correctly verify the size of buffers used to render text glyphs, resulting in a crash of the server when displaying very long strings of text. If a user was tricked into viewing a specially crafted series of glyphs, this flaw could be exploited to run arbitrary code with root privileges.

This vulnerability exists in driver versions 1.0-8762 and 1.0-8774 and is corrected in 1.0-8776 which is being provided with this update.

The packages can be found in the non-free/updates media.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24623

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2007-007.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 2/18/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dkms-nvidia, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:nvidia, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-5mdv, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-5mdventerprise, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-5mdvlegacy, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/10/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5379

MDKSA: 2007:007

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