Permission Issues Affecting nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx package, versions <340.98-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-NVIDIAGRAPHICSDRIVERSLEGACY340XX-385271
  • published 8 Nov 2016
  • disclosed 8 Nov 2016

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx to version 340.98-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx package and not the nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla products, NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys for Windows or nvidia.ko for Linux) handler where a missing permissions check may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical memory, leading to an escalation of privileges.