Vulnerabilities > Ubuntu > Language Selector > High
DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
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2011-05-03 | CVE-2011-1842 | Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Ubuntu Language-Selector 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. | 7.2 |
2011-04-29 | CVE-2011-0729 | Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in Ubuntu Language-Selector dbus_backend/ls-dbus-backend in the D-Bus backend in language-selector before 0.6.7 does not restrict access on the basis of a PolicyKit check result, which allows local users to modify the /etc/default/locale and /etc/environment files via a (1) SetSystemDefaultLangEnv or (2) SetSystemDefaultLanguageEnv call. | 7.2 |