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Debian: DSA-5052-1 Critical: usbview Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey January 21, 2022
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A notice regarding the usbview upgrade has been issued, which resolves a privilege escalation vulnerability identified by Matthias Gerstner within the Debian environment.
Matthias Gerstner reported that usbview, a USB device viewer, does not properly handle authorization in the PolicyKit policy configuration, which could result in root privilege esc...
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-2+deb10u1.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-2+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your usbview packages.

For the detailed security status of usbview please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/usbview

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: usbview
CVE ID: CVE-2022-23220

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