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Mandriva update for nvidia
Secunia Advisory: SA23678
Release Date: 2007-01-11
Popularity: 5,895 views

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

OS:Mandriva Linux 2007.0

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-5379


Description:
Mandriva has issued an update for nvidia. 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:
Apply updated packages.

Mandriva Linux 2007

3003991cb905b6b320ceabe32cc7a983 2007.0/i586/dkms-nvidia-8776-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
2c519b24d141713c423ef9d10c6287de 2007.0/i586/nvidia-8776-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
69eff61846795f6a849e2fdd5eb3a2f9 2007.0/i586/nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-5mdv-8776-1mdk.i586.rpm
5a3c611e53ec9d636c3d191e64bc7447 2007.0/i586/nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-5mdventerprise-8776-1mdk.i586.rpm
82ac29835942c5de7a3b0d72c5212b8d 2007.0/i586/nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-5mdvlegacy-8776-1mdk.i586.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64

03b3098b8f73457af6045dc5d9cf1cc7 2007.0/x86_64/dkms-nvidia-8776-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
7549687671abb40f1cffc85d73699c68 2007.0/x86_64/nvidia-8776-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
3a7d4c53a90033c1ab029f285abf39e5 2007.0/x86_64/nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-5mdv-8

Original Advisory:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:007

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


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