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 Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language-selector | Ubuntu_developers | 0.79 (including) | 0.79 (including) |
| Language-selector | Ubuntu_developers | 0.79.1 (including) | 0.79.1 (including) |
| Language-selector | Ubuntu_developers | 0.79.2 (including) | 0.79.2 (including) |
| Language-selector | Ubuntu_developers | 0.79.3 (including) | 0.79.3 (including) |
| Language-selector | Ubuntu_developers | 0.90 (including) | 0.90 (including) |
| Language-selector | Ubuntu_developers | 0.110 (including) | 0.110 (including) |
| Language-selector | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Language-selector | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Language-selector | Ubuntu | quantal | * |
| Language-selector | Ubuntu | raring | * |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54911
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.79.4
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.90.1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54911
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.79.4
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.90.1