Description
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 products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.90.1 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379 ↗
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1 ↗
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.79.4 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54911 ↗