National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-1828

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://launchpad.net/bugs/771553

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://launchpad.net/bugs/771553

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1127-1

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1127-1/

External Source: XF

Name: usbcreator-unspecified-sec-bypass(67241)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/67241

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-1143

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1143

External Source: BID

Name: 47679

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47679

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 44413

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/44413