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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3173-1
January 18, 2017

nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 and nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

– Ubuntu 16.10
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:
– nvidia-graphics-drivers-304: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
– nvidia-graphics-drivers-340: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

Details:

It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers contained a flaw in the
kernel mode layer. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of
service.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 16.10:
nvidia-304 304.134-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
nvidia-304-updates 304.134-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
nvidia-331 340.101-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
nvidia-331-updates 340.101-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
nvidia-340 340.101-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
nvidia-340-updates 340.101-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
nvidia-current 304.134-0ubuntu0.16.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
nvidia-304 304.134-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
nvidia-304-updates 304.134-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
nvidia-331 340.101-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
nvidia-331-updates 340.101-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
nvidia-340 340.101-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
nvidia-340-updates 340.101-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
nvidia-current 304.134-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
nvidia-304 304.134-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
nvidia-304-updates 304.134-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
nvidia-331 340.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
nvidia-331-updates 340.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
nvidia-340 340.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
nvidia-340-updates 340.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
nvidia-current 304.134-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
nvidia-304 304.134-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
nvidia-304-updates 304.134-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
nvidia-331 340.101-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
nvidia-331-updates 340.101-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
nvidia-340 340.101-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
nvidia-340-updates 340.101-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
nvidia-current 304.134-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3173-1
CVE-2016-8826

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/304.134-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/340.101-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/304.134-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/340.101-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/304.134-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/340.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/304.134-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/340.101-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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