PT-2013-2854

CVE-2013-1066

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Published

2013-10-03

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Updated

2017-08-29

Description by

CVSS 2.0
4.6
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions language-selector versions 0.79.x through 0.79.3 language-selector versions 0.90.x through 0.90.0 language-selector versions 0.110.x through 0.110.0
Description The issue allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a setuid process or pkexec process. This occurs because the software does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority.
Recommendations For versions 0.79.x through 0.79.3, update to version 0.79.4 or later. For versions 0.90.x through 0.90.0, update to version 0.90.1 or later. For versions 0.110.x through 0.110.0, update to version 0.110.1 or later.
Exploitability
Fix
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
Related identifiers
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