UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3643

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3643

    Published: 28 Sept 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-3643

    Summary:

    Details: usb-creator before 0.2.38.3ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, before 0.2.56.3ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, before 0.2.62ubuntu0.3 on Ubuntu 14.10, and before 0.2.67ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 15.04 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a missing call check_polkit for the KVMTest method.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3643, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/04/3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2576-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2576-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3643

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: usb-creator

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.2.56.3ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    0.2.50
    0.2.51
    0.2.52
    0.2.53
    0.2.54
    0.2.55
    0.2.56
    0.2.56.1
    0.2.56.2
    0.2.56.3

    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