CVE-2007-3532 | BDVDB-2026-25524 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-14.xml
http://osvdb.org/40177
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25360
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183567
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25363
http://secunia.com/advisories/26497

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12007-07-27Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.