[ILUG] NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver Exploit

[Andrew Court]

But that will mean you are still vulnerable locally.

On 10/17/06, Ewan Oughton <ewan at skynet.ie> wrote:
> Or just make sure your X server is listening on the lo interface only...
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> Default in most distros I have come accross
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> Ewan
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> Ewan Oughton B.Sc. Comp Sys
> DB / AnonFTP / Orac Root Admin SkyNet
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> On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Gavin McCullagh wrote:
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> > http://kerneltrap.org/node/7228
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> > "This bug can be exploited both locally or remotely (via a remote X client
> > or an X client which visits a malicious web page)."
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> > "it was reported back in 2004 and has probably existed even longer."
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> > Seems like an excellent reason to steer well clear of NVIDIA binary
> > drivers.
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> > Gavin
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