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…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- ubuntu developers/language-selector · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54911Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1Patch
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.79.4Patch
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.90.1Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54911Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1Patch
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.79.4Patch
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.90.1Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.