CVE-2013-1066
language-selector 0.110.x before 0.110.1, 0.90.x before 0.90.1, and 0.79.x before 0.79.4 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| ubuntu_developers / language-selector | 0.79.2 | 0.79.2.x |
| ubuntu_developers / language-selector | 0.79.3 | 0.79.3.x |
| ubuntu_developers / language-selector | 0.79.1 | 0.79.1.x |
| ubuntu_developers / language-selector | 0.110 | 0.110.x |
| ubuntu_developers / language-selector | 0.90 | 0.90.x |
| ubuntu_developers / language-selector | 0.79 | 0.79.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 13.04 | 13.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 12.10 | 12.10.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | 12.04.x |
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54911
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.79.4
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.90.1
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