Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-3305-1 First vendor Publication 2017-05-31
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2017-05-31
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:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 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 17.04 - Ubuntu 16.10 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Software Description: - nvidia-graphics-drivers-375: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

Details:

It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers contained flaws in the kernel mode layer. A local attacker could use these issues to cause a denial of service or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 17.04:
nvidia-367 375.66-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
nvidia-375 375.66-0ubuntu0.17.04.1

Ubuntu 16.10:
nvidia-367 375.66-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
nvidia-375 375.66-0ubuntu0.16.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
nvidia-367 375.66-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
nvidia-375 375.66-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
nvidia-367 375.66-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
nvidia-375 375.66-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3305-1
CVE-2017-0350, CVE-2017-0351, CVE-2017-0352

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-375/375.66-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-375/375.66-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-375/375.66-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-375/375.66-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3305-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
33 % CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource (CWE/SANS Top 25)
33 % CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
33 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-06-01 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3305-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-24 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_f52e3a8d3f7e11e797a9a0d3c19bfa21.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-17 Name : A display driver installed on the remote Linux host is affected by multiple v...
File : nvidia_unix_cve_2017_0355.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2017-06-02 13:24:34
  • Multiple Updates
2017-06-01 00:20:13
  • First insertion