USN-1963-1: usb-creator vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 13.04
• Ubuntu 12.10
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• usb-creator - create a startup disk using a CD or disc image

Details

It was discovered that usb-creator was using polkit in an unsafe manner. A
local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended polkit
authorizations.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 13.04

• usb-creator-common - 0.2.47.1

Ubuntu 12.10

• usb-creator-common - 0.2.40ubuntu2

Ubuntu 12.04

• usb-creator-common - 0.2.38.2

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2013-1063