Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1420-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers could be reconfigured to gain access to arbitrary system memory. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly gain root privileges.
Affected
nvidia-graphics-drivers on Ubuntu 11.10 ,
Ubuntu 11.04 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-0946 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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