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GLSA-201304-01 : NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 65862

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201304-01 (NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege escalation)

 Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in NVIDIA drivers:
 A vulnerability has been found in the way NVIDIA drivers handle read/write access to GPU device nodes, allowing access to arbitrary system memory locations (CVE-2012-4225).
 A buffer overflow error has been discovered in NVIDIA drivers (CVE-2013-0131).
 NOTE: Exposure to CVE-2012-4225 is reduced in Gentoo due to 660 permissions being used on the GPU device nodes by default.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All NVIDIA driver users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-304.88'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201304-01

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 65862

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201304-01.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 4/9/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:nvidia-drivers, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4225, CVE-2013-0131

BID: 54772, 58830

GLSA: 201304-01