DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23220

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23220

    Published: 21 Jan 2022Last Modified: 15 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-23220

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-23220

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: usbview

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/usbview?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-2.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High