Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | NVIDIA vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-377-1 | First vendor Publication | 2006-11-03 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2006-11-03 |
| 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 | ||
| Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores | |||
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
| Calculate full CVSS 2.0 Vectors scores | |||
Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: Ubuntu 6.10: After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Derek Abdine discovered that the NVIDIA Xorg driver did not correctly verify the size of buffers used to render text glyphs. When displaying very long strings of text, the Xorg server would crash. If a user were tricked into viewing a specially crafted series of glyphs, this flaw could be exploited to run arbitrary code with root privileges. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-377-1 |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-04-09 | Name : Mandriva Update for krb5 MDKSA-2007:007 (krb5) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_007.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200611-03 (nvidia-drivers) File : nvt/glsa_200611_03.nasl |
| 2008-09-04 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: nvidia-driver File : nvt/freebsd_nvidia-driver.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 29744 | NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver for Linux Accelerated Rendering Functionality O... |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2007-11-10 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-377-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-02-18 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-201.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-02-18 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-007.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-11-20 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200611-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-10-25 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update. File : freebsd_pkg_a6d9da4a5d5e11db8faf000c6ec775d9.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:03:55 |
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