medium4.6
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,…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Developers | Language-Selector | Versions 0.79, 0.79.1, 0.79.2, 0.79.3, 0.90, 0.110 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 12.04, 12.10, 13.04 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- 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
- 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