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NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver for Linux Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22419
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Release Date:
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2006-10-17
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Last Update:
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2006-10-27
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Popularity:
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8,789 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Workaround
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| Software: | NVIDIA Graphics Drivers for Linux 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-5379
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Description:
Rapid7 has reported a vulnerability in NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver for Linux, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges and potentially by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
A boundary error when performing accelerated rendering of glyphs can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted short sequence of user-supplied glyphs.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code with "root" privileges.
The vulnerability is reported in versions 8774 and 8762. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Disable accelerated rendering ("RenderAccel" option).
Use another graphics driver.
The vulnerability has reportedly been fixed in the 1.0-9625 beta driver.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Derek Abdine, Rapid7.
Changelog:
2006-10-18: Added US-CERT reference.
2006-10-27: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
Rapid7:
http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0025.jsp
Other References:
US-CERT VU#147252:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/147252
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