TITLE:
Sun Solaris NVIDIA Graphics Driver Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22676
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22676/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/product/4813/
DESCRIPTION:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges and
potentially by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA22419
The vulnerability affects Nvidia Graphics Driver for Solaris 10
versions 1.0-8762 and 1.0-8774 (x86/x64 platform) and Nvidia Graphics
Driver for Linux versions 1.0-8762 and 1.0-8774 on Ultra 20, Ultra
20M2, and Ultra 40 systems.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.0-8776.
Ultra 20, Ultra 20M2:
http://www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/ultra20/downloads.jsp
Ultra 40:
http://www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/ultra40/downloads.jsp
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102693-1
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA22419:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22419/
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