CVE-2011-1842 Information

Description

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.

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://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67255 https://launchpad.net/bugs/764397 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.6.7