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GLSA-202310-15 : USBView: root privilege escalation via insecure polkit settings

high Nessus Plugin ID 183902

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202310-15 (USBView: root privilege escalation via insecure polkit settings)

 - 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. (CVE-2022-23220)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All USBView users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-admin/usbview-2.2

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-15

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=831756

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183902

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202310-15.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 10/26/2023

Updated: 10/26/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23220

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:usbview, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/26/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23220