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CVE-2013-1066

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Published: Oct 3, 2013Modified: Apr 29, 2026

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4.6
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.4
Source: NVD

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 (9)

Ubuntu Developers
1 product
Language Selector
Canonical
1 product
Ubuntu Linux
Configuration A
6 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Language Selector
Version 0.110
Language Selector
Version 0.79.1
Language Selector
Version 0.79.2
Language Selector
Version 0.79.3
Language Selector
Version 0.79
Language Selector
Version 0.90
Configuration B
3 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Canonical
Ubuntu Linux
Version 12.04
Ubuntu Linux
Version 12.10
Ubuntu Linux
Version 13.04

Related CWEs

CWE-264
CWE-264

References (12)

Source: security@ubuntu.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: security@ubuntu.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: security@ubuntu.com
Source: security@ubuntu.com
Patch
Source: security@ubuntu.com
Patch
Source: security@ubuntu.com
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch

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