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

[Raphael Marichez <falco () gentoo org>]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200708-14
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                                            http://security.gentoo.org/
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: NVIDIA drivers: Denial of Service
      Date: August 19, 2007
      Bugs: #183567
        ID: 200708-14

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Synopsis
========

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

Background
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The NVIDIA drivers provide support for NVIDIA graphic boards.

Affected packages
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     Package                     /   Vulnerable   /         Unaffected
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  1  x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers      < 100.14.09          >= 100.14.09
                                                          *>= 1.0.9639
                                                          *>= 1.0.7185

Description
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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
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All NVIDIA drivers users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers"

References
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  [ 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
security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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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

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