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FreeBSD : NVIDIA UNIX driver -- remote denial of service or arbitrary code execution (fdf72a0e-8371-11e4-bc20-001636d274f3)
high Nessus Plugin ID 79958
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Synopsis
The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.Description
NVIDIA Unix security team reports :The GLX indirect rendering support supplied on NVIDIA products is subject to the recently disclosed X.Org vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-8093, CVE-2014-8098) as well as internally identified vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-8298).
Depending on how it is configured, the X server typically runs with raised privileges, and listens for GLX indirect rendering protocol requests from a local socket and potentially a TCP/IP port. The vulnerabilities could be exploited in a way that causes the X server to access uninitialized memory or overwrite arbitrary memory in the X server process. This can cause a denial of service (e.g., an X server segmentation fault), or could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 79958
File Name: freebsd_pkg_fdf72a0e837111e4bc20001636d274f3.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Published: 12/15/2014
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:nvidia-driver, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:nvidia-driver-173, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:nvidia-driver-304, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:nvidia-driver-71, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:nvidia-driver-96, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info
Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2014