CVE-2011-0729 Information

Description

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.

Reference

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://launchpad.net/bugs/764397 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.6.7