The Ubuntu AccountsService package before 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1 does not properly drop privileges when changing language settings, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| canonical / accountsservice | - | 0.6.14.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 11.10 | 11.10.x |