Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | language-selector vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-1115-1 | First vendor Publication | 2011-04-19 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2011-04-19 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
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
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 10.10 Summary: Local users could gain root access via the language-selector. Software Description: - language-selector: Language selector for Ubuntu Linux Details: Romain Perier discovered that the language-selector D-Bus backend did not correctly check for Policy Kit authorizations. A local attacker could exploit this to inject shell commands into the system-wide locale configuration file, leading to root privilege escalation. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 10.10: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1115-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 50 % | CWE-264 | Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls |
| 50 % | 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
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 |
|---|---|
| 74178 | language-selector dbus_backend/ls-dbus-backend PolicyKit Check Result Local A... |
| 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 |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 11:58:31 |
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