USN-2741-1

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    USN-2741-1

    Published: 16 Sept 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: unity-settings-daemon vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that the Unity Settings Daemon incorrectly allowed removable media to be mounted when the screen is locked. If a vulnerability were discovered in some other desktop component, such as an image library, a local attacker could possibly use this issue to gain access to the session.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2741-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1319

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: unity-settings-daemon

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+14.04.20150825-0ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -14.04.0+14.04.20150825-0ubuntu2

    Affected versions

    14.04.0-0ubuntu1
    14.04.0-0ubuntu2
    14.04.0+14.04.20140219-0ubuntu1
    14.04.0+14.04.20140221-0ubuntu1
    14.04.0+14.04.20140221.1-0ubuntu1
    14.04.0+14.04.20140225-0ubuntu1
    14.04.0+14.04.20140228-0ubuntu1
    14.04.0+14.04.20140310-0ubuntu1
    14.04.0+14.04.20140310-0ubuntu2
    14.04.0+14.04.20140402-0ubuntu1
    14.04.0+14.04.20140404-0ubuntu1
    14.04.0+14.04.20140407-0ubuntu1
    14.04.0+14.04.20140414-0ubuntu1
    14.04.0+14.04.20140606-0ubuntu1
    14.04.0+14.04.20140606-0ubuntu2
    14.04.0+14.04.20140606-0ubuntu3
    14.04.0+14.04.20150825-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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