Vulnerability in Ubuntu Developers Language-Selector
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 PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.
EPSS: 0.004 (30.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Ubuntu_developers Language-selector — versions 0.79, 0.79.1, 0.79.2
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 12.10, 13.04
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- security@ubuntu.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)