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Ubuntu: USN-5249-1 (CVE-2022-23220): USBView vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-5249-1 (CVE-2022-23220): USBView vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/21/2022
Created
01/25/2022
Added
01/22/2022
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

USBView 2.1 before 2.2 allows some local users (e.g., ones logged in via SSH) to execute arbitrary code as root because certain Polkit settings (e.g., allow_any=yes) for pkexec disable the authentication requirement. Code execution can, for example, use the --gtk-module option. This affects Ubuntu, Debian, and Gentoo.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-usbview

References

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