NVIDIA drivers (nvidia-drivers) before 1.0.7185, 1.0.9639, and 100.14.11, as used in Gentoo Linux and possibly other distributions, creates /dev/nvidia* device files with insecure permissions, which allows local users to modify video card settings, cause a denial of service (crash or physical video card damage), and obtain sensitive information.
Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
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Linux | Gentoo | * | * |
Linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15 | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
Linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 | Ubuntu | hardy | * |
Linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |