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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-3516 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T14:21:36.105Z

Reserved: 2007-07-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-3532

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-07-27T22:30:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-3532

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