This bug was fixed in the package usb-creator - 0.2.56.3ubuntu0.1
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usb-creator (0.2.56.3ubuntu0.1) trusty-security; urgency=medium
* SECURITY UPDATE: privilege escalation via missing polkit check
(LP: #1447396)
- bin/usb-creator-helper, dbus/com.ubuntu.usbcreator.policy.in: add
proper polkit integration for KVM use.
- CVE number pending
-- Marc Deslauriers <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Apr 2015 23:18:17
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Tavis Ormandy discovered a local root vulnerability with the
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