<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201402-02"> <title>NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege Escalation</title> <synopsis>A NVIDIA drivers bug allows unprivileged user-mode software to access the GPU inappropriately, allowing for privilege escalation. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">nvidia-drivers</product> <announced>2014-02-02</announced> <revised count="3">2014-03-13</revised> <bug>493448</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">331.20</unaffected> <unaffected range="rge">319.76</unaffected> <unaffected range="rge">304.116</unaffected> <unaffected range="rge">304.119</unaffected> <unaffected range="rge">304.121</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">331.20</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>The NVIDIA drivers provide X11 and GLX support for NVIDIA graphic boards. </p> </background> <description> <p>The vulnerability is caused due to the driver allowing unprivileged user-mode software to access the GPU. </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p>A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.</p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All NVIDIA Drivers users using the 331 branch should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-331.20" </code> <p>All NVIDIA Drivers users using the 319 branch should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-319.76" </code> <p>All NVIDIA Drivers users using the 304 branch should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-304.116" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5986">CVE-2013-5986</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5987">CVE-2013-5987</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2013-12-14T04:12:07Z"> BlueKnight </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-03-13T06:49:59Z"> BlueKnight </metadata> </glsa>