Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2011-1842 First vendor Publication 2011-05-02
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

dbus_backend/lsd.py in the D-Bus backend in language-selector before 0.6.7 does not validate the arguments to the (1) SetSystemDefaultLangEnv and (2) SetSystemDefaultLanguageEnv functions, which allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in a string argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0729.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1842

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13760
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13760
Title: USN-1115-1 -- language-selector vulnerability
Description: language-selector: Language selector for Ubuntu Linux Local users could gain root access via the language-selector.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1115-1
CVE-2011-0729
CVE-2011-1842
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 10.10
Product(s): language-selector
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 112

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-05-10 Name : Ubuntu Update for language-selector USN-1115-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1115_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
74177 language-selector dbus_backend/lsd.py Multiple Function Shell Metacharacter L...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2011-06-13 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1115-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://secunia.com/advisories/44214
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47502
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1115-1/
http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/packages/show/307975
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1032
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67255
https://launchpad.net/bugs/764397
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.6.7
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