CVE-2011-4406

published 2014-04-16

CVE-2011-4406: The Ubuntu AccountsService package before 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1 does not properly drop privileges when changing language settings, which allows local users to…

Priority P4 13 low 3.6 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C N I P A P

The Ubuntu AccountsService package before 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1 does not properly drop privileges when changing language settings, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
canonical	accountsservice	<= 0.6.14	—
canonical	accountsservice	>= 0 < 0.6.15-3	0.6.15-3
canonical	accountsservice	>= 0 < 0.6.15-3	0.6.15-3
canonical	accountsservice	>= 0 < 0.6.15-3	0.6.15-3
canonical	accountsservice	>= 0 < 0.6.15-3	0.6.15-3
canonical	ubuntu_linux	—	—
debian	accountsservice	< accountsservice 0.6.15-3 (bookworm)	accountsservice 0.6.15-3 (bookworm)

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 3.6 LOW AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

osv 3.6 LOW

vendor_debian 3.6 LOW

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