Executive Summary

Summary
Title NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3904-1 First vendor Publication 2019-03-07
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2019-03-07
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:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 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 18.10 - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description: - nvidia-graphics-drivers-390: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

Details:

It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly handled the GPU performance counters. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to access the application data processed on the GPU.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 18.10:
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 390.116-0ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 390.116-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3904-1
CVE‑2018‑6260

Package Information:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-390/390.116-0ubuntu0.18.10.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-390/390.116-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3904-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-200 Information Exposure

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

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Date Informations
2019-03-08 17:20:57
  • Multiple Updates
2019-03-07 21:18:46
  • First insertion