MGASA-2015-0407

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    MGASA-2015-0407

    Published: 25 Oct 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5950

    Summary: Updated nvidia driver packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A vulnerability has been found in the nvidia proprietary driver that could be used to allow a local, non-privileged user to corrupt kernel memory. This could be used to gain local root privileges. A local user can issue a specially crafted IOCTL to write a 32-bit integer value stored in the kernel driver to a user-specified memory location, potentially in the kernel address space. The user has a limited ability to influence the value of the integer that is written. (CVE-2015-5950)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0407.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16903, http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3763/~/cve-2015-5950-memory-corruption-due-to-an-unsanitized-pointer-in-the-nvidia

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ldetect-lst

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/ldetect-lst?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.1.346.1-1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High