Tuesday, January 25, 2022

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

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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


ReferencesUSN-5249-1
CVE-2022-23220