Missing Authentication for Critical Function Affecting usbview package, versions <2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-2ubuntu0.20.04.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-USBVIEW-2355532
  • published22 Jan 2022
  • disclosed21 Jan 2022

Introduced: 21 Jan 2022

CVE-2022-23220  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-306  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 usbview to version 2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-2ubuntu0.20.04.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream usbview package and not the usbview package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1