FKIE_CVE-2013-1066

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-10-03 21:55 - Updated: 2026-04-29 01:13
Severity
Summary
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.
References
security@ubuntu.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/54911Vendor Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1Vendor Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379
security@ubuntu.comhttps://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1Patch
security@ubuntu.comhttps://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.79.4Patch
security@ubuntu.comhttps://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.90.1Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/54911Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.79.4Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.90.1Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ubuntu_developers language-selector 0.79
ubuntu_developers language-selector 0.79.1
ubuntu_developers language-selector 0.79.2
ubuntu_developers language-selector 0.79.3
ubuntu_developers language-selector 0.90
ubuntu_developers language-selector 0.110
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.10
canonical ubuntu_linux 13.04
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