Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2814-1
18th November, 2015
nvidia-graphics-drivers-304, nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates, nvidia-graphics-drivers-340, nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates, nvidia-graphics-drivers-352, nvidia-graphics-drivers-352-updates vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to run programs as an administrator.
Software description
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-304
– NVIDIA binary X.Org driver - nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates
– NVIDIA binary X.Org driver - nvidia-graphics-drivers-340
– NVIDIA binary X.Org driver - nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates
– NVIDIA binary X.Org driver - nvidia-graphics-drivers-352
– NVIDIA binary X.Org driver - nvidia-graphics-drivers-352-updates
– NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
Details
It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly sanitized
user mode inputs. 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 version:
- Ubuntu 15.10:
- nvidia-331 340.96-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
- nvidia-346 352.63-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
- nvidia-352 352.63-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
- nvidia-346-updates 352.63-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
- nvidia-340-updates 340.96-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
- nvidia-340 340.96-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
- nvidia-331-updates 340.96-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
- nvidia-304 304.131-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
- nvidia-304-updates 304.131-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
- nvidia-352-updates 352.63-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
- Ubuntu 15.04:
- nvidia-331 340.96-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
- nvidia-346 352.63-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
- nvidia-352 352.63-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
- nvidia-346-updates 352.63-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
- nvidia-340-updates 340.96-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
- nvidia-340 340.96-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
- nvidia-331-updates 340.96-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
- nvidia-304 304.131-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
- nvidia-304-updates 304.131-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
- nvidia-352-updates 352.63-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
- nvidia-331 340.96-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- nvidia-346 352.63-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- nvidia-352 352.63-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- nvidia-346-updates 352.63-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- nvidia-340-updates 340.96-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- nvidia-340 340.96-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- nvidia-331-updates 340.96-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- nvidia-304 304.131-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- nvidia-304-updates 304.131-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- nvidia-352-updates 352.63-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
- nvidia-331-updates 340.96-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
- nvidia-304 304.131-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
- nvidia-304-updates 304.131-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
- nvidia-340-updates 340.96-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
- nvidia-340 340.96-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.