CVE-2013-1066

medium

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.

References

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.90.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.79.4

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/54911

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-10-03

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium