Security Vulnerabilities Disclosed in older NVidia Drivers

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2016/11/15 06:32:45 (permalink)
Just FYI: If you are running older versions of NVidia drivers for compatibility reasons, you are at risk.
 
Official word from NVidia: http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213
 
Interpret as you will, just wanted to let folks know.

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    Re: Security Vulnerabilities Disclosed in older NVidia Drivers 2016/11/15 12:28:25 (permalink)
    Well that's unnerving.  Got a few systems to update now.

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    Re: Security Vulnerabilities Disclosed in older NVidia Drivers 2016/11/15 19:12:27 (permalink)
     
    Moving to General Software.

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