CVE-2013-1066
published 2013-10-03CVE-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…
PriorityP416medium4.6CVSS 2.0
AVLACLAuNCPIPAP
EPSS
0.38%
30.2th percentile
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.
Affected
9 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| ubuntu_developers | language-selector | — | — |
| ubuntu_developers | language-selector | — | — |
| ubuntu_developers | language-selector | — | — |
| ubuntu_developers | language-selector | — | — |
| ubuntu_developers | language-selector | — | — |
| ubuntu_developers | language-selector | — | — |
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GHSA
GHSA-vjq3-454q-w3j4: language-selector 0
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17·CVSS 7.2
CVE-2013-1066 [HIGH] GHSA-vjq3-454q-w3j4: language-selector 0
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.
Ubuntu
language-selector vulnerability
vendor_ubuntu·2013-09-18
CVE-2013-1066 language-selector vulnerability
Title: language-selector vulnerability
Summary: language-selector could be tricked into bypassing polkit authorizations.
It was discovered that language-selector was using polkit in an unsafe
manner. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended
polkit authorizations.
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
http://secunia.com/advisories/54911http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.79.4https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.90.1http://secunia.com/advisories/54911http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.79.4https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.90.1
2013-10-03
Published