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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840639
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1127-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'usb-creator' package(s) announced via the USN-1127-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'usb-creator' package(s) announced via the USN-1127-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Evan Broder discovered that usb-creator did not properly enforce
restrictions when performing privileged disk operations. A local attacker
could use this flaw to perform certain disk operations, such as unmount
arbitrary mountpoints.

Affected Software/OS:
'usb-creator' package(s) on Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 10.10, Ubuntu 11.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
2.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1828
BugTraq ID: 47679
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47679
http://secunia.com/advisories/44413
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1127-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1143
XForce ISS Database: usbcreator-unspecified-sec-bypass(67241)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67241
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG

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