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USN-1127-1: usb-creator vulnerability

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USN-1127-1: usb-creator vulnerability

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
05/16/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

usb-creator-helper in usb-creator before 0.2.28.3 does not enforce intended PolicyKit restrictions, which allows local users to perform arbitrary unmount operations via the UnmountFile method in a dbus-send command.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-usb-creator-common

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