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- USN-2576-1
23/4/2015
USN-2576-1: usb-creator vulnerability
First published: Thu Apr 23 2015(Updated: )
Tavis Ormandy discovered that usb-creator was missing an authentication check. A local attacker could use this issue to gain elevated privileges.
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/usb-creator-common | <0.2.62ubuntu0.3 | 0.2.62ubuntu0.3 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =14.10 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/usb-creator-common | <0.2.56.3ubuntu0.1 | 0.2.56.3ubuntu0.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =14.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/usb-creator-common | <0.2.38.3ubuntu0.1 | 0.2.38.3ubuntu0.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =12.04 |
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