Vulnerability in Ubuntu Language-Selector
CVE-2011-0729
dbus_backend/ls-dbus-backend in the D-Bus backend in language-selector before 0.6.7 does not restrict access on the basis of a PolicyKit check result, which allows local users to modify the /etc/default/locale and /etc/environment files via a (1) SetSystemDefaultLangEnv or (2) SetSystemDefaultLanguageEnv call.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (24.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 24.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ubuntu Language-Selector — versions 0.4.2, 0.1.30, 0.2.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- launchpad.net/bugs/764397
- secunia.com/advisories/44214 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.ubuntuupdates.org/packages/show/307975
- launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.6.7 (Patch)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1032 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/47502 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1115-1/ (vendor-advisory)