USN-3662-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 17.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 - NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

Details

It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers contained flaws in the
kernel mode layer. A local attacker could use these issues to cause a
denial of service or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 17.10

• nvidia-384 - 384.130-0ubuntu0.17.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04

• nvidia-384 - 384.130-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04

• nvidia-384 - 384.130-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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

References

• CVE-2018-6249
• CVE-2018-6253