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[ GLSA 200708-14 ] NVIDIA drivers: Denial of Service

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200708-14


                                        http://security.gentoo.org/

Severity: Normal
Title: NVIDIA drivers: Denial of Service
Date: August 19, 2007
Bugs: #183567
ID: 200708-14


Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in the NVIDIA graphic drivers,
allowing for a Denial of Service.

Background

The NVIDIA drivers provide support for NVIDIA graphic boards.

Affected packages

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 Package                     /   Vulnerable   /         Unaffected
-------------------------------------------------------------------

1 x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers < 100.14.09 >= 100.14.09
*>= 1.0.9639
*>= 1.0.7185

Description

Gregory Shikhman discovered that the default Gentoo setup of NVIDIA
drivers creates the /dev/nvidia* with insecure file permissions.

Impact

A local attacker could send arbitrary values into the devices, possibly
resulting in hardware damage on the graphic board or a Denial of
Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All NVIDIA drivers users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers&quot;

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2007-3532
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3532

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-14.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5