[ILUG] NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver Exploit

[Ewan Oughton]

Or just make sure your X server is listening on the lo interface only...

Default in most distros I have come accross


Ewan




Ewan Oughton B.Sc. Comp Sys
DB / AnonFTP / Orac Root Admin SkyNet


On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Gavin McCullagh wrote:

>
> http://kerneltrap.org/node/7228
>
> "This bug can be exploited both locally or remotely (via a remote X client
> or an X client which visits a malicious web page)."
>
> "it was reported back in 2004 and has probably existed even longer."
>
> Seems like an excellent reason to steer well clear of NVIDIA binary
> drivers.
>
> Gavin
>
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