Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-1420-1 | First vendor Publication | 2012-04-11 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2012-04-11 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 4.6 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu 11.04 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to run programs as an administrator. Software Description: - nvidia-graphics-drivers: NVIDIA binary Xorg driver - nvidia-graphics-drivers-173: NVIDIA binary Xorg driver - nvidia-graphics-drivers-173-updates: NVIDIA binary Xorg driver - nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates: NVIDIA binary Xorg driver Details: It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers could be reconfigured to gain access to arbitrary system memory. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly gain root privileges. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.10: Ubuntu 11.04: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1420-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-264 | Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17959 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17959 | ||
| Title: | USN-1420-1 -- nvidia-graphics-drivers, nvidia-graphics-drivers-173, nvidia-graphics-drivers-173-updates, nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates vulnerability | ||
| Description: | NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to run programs as an administrator. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-1420-1 CVE-2012-0946 | Version: | 8 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.04 | Product(s): | nvidia-graphics-drivers nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 nvidia-graphics-drivers-173-updates nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates |
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OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-08-10 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201206-19 (nvidia-drivers) File : nvt/glsa_201206_19.nasl |
| 2012-05-31 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: nvidia-driver File : nvt/freebsd_nvidia-driver0.nasl |
| 2012-04-13 | Name : Ubuntu Update for nvidia-graphics-drivers USN-1420-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1420_1.nasl |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2013-09-04 | Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. File : ala_ALAS-2012-67.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-06-25 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201206-19.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-05-14 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_b91234e79a8b11e1b666001636d274f3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-04-12 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-1420-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 11:59:58 |
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