Vulnerability Details CVE-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, 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 19.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 4.6
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
Products affected by CVE-2013-1066
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cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu_developers:language-selector:0.110
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cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu_developers:language-selector:0.79
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cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu_developers:language-selector:0.79.1
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cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu_developers:language-selector:0.79.2
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cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu_developers:language-selector:0.79.3
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cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu_developers:language-selector:0.90
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04