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Gentoo update for nvidia-drivers
Secunia Advisory: SA22764
Release Date: 2006-11-08
Popularity: 7,464 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-5379


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for nvidia-drivers. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges and potentially by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA22419

Solution:
Update to "x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-03.xml

Other References:
SA22419:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22419/


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