Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1127-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Evan Broder discovered that usb-creator did not properly enforce restrictions when performing privileged disk operations. A local attacker could use this flaw to perform certain disk operations, such as unmount arbitrary mountpoints.
Affected
usb-creator on Ubuntu 11.04 ,
Ubuntu 10.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-1828 -
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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