All 3D Vision users at risk? --- NVIDIA has released a security update
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4797 [color="orange"]NVIDIA has released a software security update for the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver. This update addresses issues that may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, code execution, or information disclosure. To protect your system, download and install this software update.[/color] Knowing updating will remove 3D Vision, nobody would want to update. Do you know if they planned to do special releases for recently-no-more-supported users who are at risk? I mean just like Microsoft and/or Firefox did/do, and issue a new release with a fix to a previously no more supported piece of software?
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4797


NVIDIA has released a software security update for the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver. This update addresses issues that may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, code execution, or information disclosure. To protect your system, download and install this software update.

Knowing updating will remove 3D Vision, nobody would want to update.

Do you know if they planned to do special releases for recently-no-more-supported users who are at risk? I mean just like Microsoft and/or Firefox did/do, and issue a new release with a fix to a previously no more supported piece of software?

3D Vision must live! NVIDIA, don't let us down!

#1
Posted 05/13/2019 03:01 AM   
[quote="Rhialto"]https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4797 [color="orange"]NVIDIA has released a software security update for the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver. This update addresses issues that may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, code execution, or information disclosure. To protect your system, download and install this software update.[/color] Knowing updating will remove 3D Vision, nobody would want to update. Do you know if they planned to do special releases for recently-no-more-supported users who are at risk? I mean just like Microsoft and/or Firefox did/do, and issue a new release with a fix to a previously no more supported piece of software?[/quote] From the looks of it, since 425.31 is on the 418 branch, Geforce cards aren't at risk. It looks like only NVS, Quadro and Tesla cards are at risk on the 425.31 driver.
Rhialto said:https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4797

NVIDIA has released a software security update for the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver. This update addresses issues that may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, code execution, or information disclosure. To protect your system, download and install this software update.

Knowing updating will remove 3D Vision, nobody would want to update.

Do you know if they planned to do special releases for recently-no-more-supported users who are at risk? I mean just like Microsoft and/or Firefox did/do, and issue a new release with a fix to a previously no more supported piece of software?


From the looks of it, since 425.31 is on the 418 branch, Geforce cards aren't at risk. It looks like only NVS, Quadro and Tesla cards are at risk on the 425.31 driver.

#2
Posted 05/13/2019 03:55 AM   
[quote="TanookiPhoenix"][quote="Rhialto"]https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4797 [color="orange"]NVIDIA has released a software security update for the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver. This update addresses issues that may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, code execution, or information disclosure. To protect your system, download and install this software update.[/color] Knowing updating will remove 3D Vision, nobody would want to update. Do you know if they planned to do special releases for recently-no-more-supported users who are at risk? I mean just like Microsoft and/or Firefox did/do, and issue a new release with a fix to a previously no more supported piece of software?[/quote] From the looks of it, since 425.31 is on the 418 branch, Geforce cards aren't at risk. It looks like only NVS, Quadro and Tesla cards are at risk on the 425.31 driver.[/quote] Are you saying one can update to 425 and still keep 3D vision? So do we get to keep 3D vision until the 5xx series of drivers?
TanookiPhoenix said:
Rhialto said:https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4797

NVIDIA has released a software security update for the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver. This update addresses issues that may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, code execution, or information disclosure. To protect your system, download and install this software update.

Knowing updating will remove 3D Vision, nobody would want to update.

Do you know if they planned to do special releases for recently-no-more-supported users who are at risk? I mean just like Microsoft and/or Firefox did/do, and issue a new release with a fix to a previously no more supported piece of software?


From the looks of it, since 425.31 is on the 418 branch, Geforce cards aren't at risk. It looks like only NVS, Quadro and Tesla cards are at risk on the 425.31 driver.


Are you saying one can update to 425 and still keep 3D vision? So do we get to keep 3D vision until the 5xx series of drivers?

#3
Posted 05/13/2019 03:01 PM   
Yes and no. 425.31 is last driver in 418 branch and therefore last driver that supports 3D Vision. All drivers after that removes 3D Vision support. So if you install 430.xx driver or any future driver you will lose 3D Vision support. This has been said many times in last few weeks in few different discussions.
Yes and no. 425.31 is last driver in 418 branch and therefore last driver that supports 3D Vision. All drivers after that removes 3D Vision support. So if you install 430.xx driver or any future driver you will lose 3D Vision support. This has been said many times in last few weeks in few different discussions.

#4
Posted 05/13/2019 04:09 PM   
[quote="Vael-taja"]Yes and no. 425.31 is last driver in 418 branch and therefore last driver that supports 3D Vision. All drivers after that removes 3D Vision support. So if you install 430.xx driver or any future driver you will lose 3D Vision support. This has been said many times in last few weeks in few different discussions.[/quote] Haven't been on the forums much at all. Its a crazy time in my life right now. Haven't played a game since March either. But thanks for the info
Vael-taja said:Yes and no. 425.31 is last driver in 418 branch and therefore last driver that supports 3D Vision. All drivers after that removes 3D Vision support. So if you install 430.xx driver or any future driver you will lose 3D Vision support. This has been said many times in last few weeks in few different discussions.


Haven't been on the forums much at all. Its a crazy time in my life right now. Haven't played a game since March either. But thanks for the info

#5
Posted 05/13/2019 04:12 PM   
There is an addition in the notes for driver security updates as follows. "In addition to updated versions listed above, Windows driver versions 430.23, 425.25, and 422.02 provided by computer hardware vendors also include the security update"
There is an addition in the notes for driver security updates as follows.

"In addition to updated versions listed above, Windows driver versions 430.23, 425.25, and 422.02 provided by computer hardware vendors also include the security update"

#6
Posted 05/13/2019 10:47 PM   
Privilege escalation vaulnerabilities are usually pretty "whoop-de-doo" for a personal gaming computer IMO - I'm not fussed if some Malware hoses my Windows install, but I'd be pretty ticked off if they wiped out all my personal files - guess which one requires privilege escalation? Yeah - the one I don't care about. WebGL is an obvious concern for graphics driver vaulnerabilities as it could allow some random website to take over a machine just by visiting it, but looking at the nature of this security flaw I would be surprised (and very disappointed) if it were possible to exploit any of this from WebGL. My take on this is therefore "meh".
Privilege escalation vaulnerabilities are usually pretty "whoop-de-doo" for a personal gaming computer IMO - I'm not fussed if some Malware hoses my Windows install, but I'd be pretty ticked off if they wiped out all my personal files - guess which one requires privilege escalation? Yeah - the one I don't care about.

WebGL is an obvious concern for graphics driver vaulnerabilities as it could allow some random website to take over a machine just by visiting it, but looking at the nature of this security flaw I would be surprised (and very disappointed) if it were possible to exploit any of this from WebGL.

My take on this is therefore "meh".

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#7
Posted 05/14/2019 05:09 AM   
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