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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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10,617 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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| Advisory Content (Page 2 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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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
Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
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