ALT-PU-2015-1751-1
Package nvidia_glx_common updated to version 352.41-alt154 for branch t7 in task 148852.
Closed vulnerabilities
Published: 2015-09-30
Modified: 2025-04-12
Modified: 2025-04-12
CVE-2015-5950
The NVIDIA display driver R352 before 353.82 and R340 before 341.81 on Windows; R304 before 304.128, R340 before 340.93, and R352 before 352.41 on Linux; and R352 before 352.46 on GRID vGPU and vSGA allows local users to write to an arbitrary kernel memory location and consequently gain privileges via a crafted ioctl call.
Severity: MEDIUM (6.9)
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
References:
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3763/~/cve-2015-5950-memory-corruption-due-to-an-unsanitized-pointer-in-the-nvidia
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033662
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2747-1
- https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04815468
- https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04815468
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_3313
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3763/~/cve-2015-5950-memory-corruption-due-to-an-unsanitized-pointer-in-the-nvidia
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033662
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2747-1
- https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04815468
- https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04815468
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_3313