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CVE-2013-1066
Published: Oct 3, 2013
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.90.1
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languageselector-cve20131066-sec-bypass(87379)
vdb-entry
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https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1
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USN-1958-1
vendor-advisory
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https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.79.4
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54911
third-party-advisory
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