"I think if a system uses NAS…" I meant it more generally: information leaks on networks are so common that you can compare the thread level to that of a sniffable USB.
"This opens a security hole on the system as detailed above." That's exactly my point, this should not be needed, because it greatly increases the threat potential due to unnecessarily granted privileges. It is just a poor workaround for the missing capability setting in the kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893828 Title: Granting Wireshark capture privileges does not allow USB capture To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wireshark/+bug/893828/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
