=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4404-1
June 25, 2020

nvidia-graphics-drivers-390, nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in NVIDIA graphics drivers.

Software Description:
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-390: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-440: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

Details:

Thomas E. Carroll discovered that the NVIDIA Cuda grpahics driver did not
properly perform access control when performing IPC. An attacker could use
this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-5963)

It was discovered that the UVM driver in the NVIDIA graphics driver
contained a race condition. A local attacker could use this to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2020-5967)

It was discovered that the NVIDIA virtual GPU guest drivers contained
an unspecified vulnerability that could potentially lead to privileged
operation execution. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2020-5973)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390   390.138-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440   440.100-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 19.10:
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390   390.138-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440   440.100-0ubuntu0.19.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390   390.138-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440   440.100-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4404-1
  CVE-2020-5963, CVE-2020-5967, CVE-2020-5973

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-390/390.138-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-440/440.100-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-390/390.138-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-440/440.100-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-390/390.138-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-440/440.100-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 4404-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities

June 25, 2020
Several security issues were fixed in NVIDIA graphics drivers.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 390.138-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 440.100-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Ubuntu 19.10: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 390.138-0ubuntu0.19.10.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 440.100-0ubuntu0.19.10.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 390.138-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 440.100-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4404-1

CVE-2020-5963, CVE-2020-5967, CVE-2020-5973

Severity
June 25, 2020

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-390/390.138-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-440/440.100-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-390/390.138-0ubuntu0.19.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-440/440.100-0ubuntu0.19.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-390/390.138-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-440/440.100-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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