CVE-2013-1066
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.6 · CWE-264
4.6CVSS MEDIUM
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- 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/54911Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379