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Nvidia Releases New Unix Driver to Fix High-risk Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

pcworld.com (10 months and 12 days ago)

Aug 6, 2012

Graphics chip maker Nvidia released a new version of its Unix driver on Friday in order to address a high-risk vulnerability that can be exploited by local users... full story

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