CVE-2007-3532

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-3532
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-07-27 22:30:00 UTC
Updated2009-12-28 05:00:00 UTC
DescriptionNVIDIA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Gentoo Linux All All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux All All All All
Application Nvidia Video Driver All All All All
Application Nvidia Video Driver All All All All
Application Nvidia Video Driver All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux NVIDIA Drivers Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo Bug 183567 - x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: insecure permissions on /dev/nvidia* (CVE-2007-3532) CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org
40177 OSVDB osvdb.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- NVIDIA drivers: Denial of Service GENTOO www.gentoo.org
RETIRED: Gentoo Linux NVIDIA Drivers Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo nvidia-drivers Insecure Permissions Security Issue - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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