Access Restriction Bypass Affecting nvidia-graphics-drivers-352 package, versions <367.57-0ubuntu0.14.04.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-NVIDIAGRAPHICSDRIVERS352-371801
  • published8 Nov 2016
  • disclosed8 Nov 2016

Introduced: 8 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-7389  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 nvidia-graphics-drivers-352 to version 367.57-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nvidia-graphics-drivers-352 package and not the nvidia-graphics-drivers-352 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla products, NVIDIA GPU Display Driver on Linux R304 before 304.132, R340 before 340.98, R367 before 367.55, R361_93 before 361.93.03, and R370 before 370.28 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko) handler for mmap() where improper input validation may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical memory, leading to an escalation of privileges.