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Ubuntu 21.10: USN-5249-1 Moderate: usbview Administrative Access

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Calendar Grey January 21, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Advisory covers USBView vulnerability in Ubuntu, detailing its impact and necessary update instructions.
USBView could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Summary

USBView could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Software Description:

- usbview: USB device viewer

Details:

It was discovered that USBView allowed unprivileged users to run usbview as

root. A local attacker could use this vulnerability to gain administrative

privileges or cause a denial of service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu administrative access usbview

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 21.10:
  usbview                         2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-2ubuntu0.21.10.3

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  usbview                         2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-2ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  usbview                         2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-1ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5249-1

CVE-2022-23220

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important
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January 21, 2022

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security advisory denial of service ubuntu administrative access usbview

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usbview/2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-2ubuntu0.21.10.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usbview/2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-2ubuntu0.20.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usbview/2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-1ubuntu1.1

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