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nvidia-drivers: privilege escalation

Package(s):

nvidia-drivers

CVE #(s):

CVE-2012-0946

Created:

June 25, 2012

Updated:

June 27, 2012

Description:

From the Gentoo advisory:

A vulnerability has been found in the way NVIDIA drivers handle read/write access to GPU device nodes, allowing access to arbitrary system memory locations. A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.

Alerts:

Gentoo

201206-19

2012-06-23

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