Ubuntu 1420-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability
Summary
Update Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.10: nvidia-173 173.14.30-0ubuntu8.1 nvidia-173-updates 173.14.30-0ubuntu5.1 nvidia-current 280.13-0ubuntu6.1 nvidia-current-updates 280.13-0ubuntu5.1 Ubuntu 11.04: nvidia-173 173.14.30-0ubuntu1.1 nvidia-current 270.41.06-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: nvidia-173 173.14.22-0ubuntu11.1 nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04.2 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1420-1
CVE-2012-0946
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/280.13-0ubuntu6.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-173/173.14.30-0ubuntu8.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-173-updates/173.14.30-0ubuntu5.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates/280.13-0ubuntu5.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/270.41.06-0ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-173/173.14.30-0ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-173/173.14.22-0ubuntu11.1