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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2011-04-29T22:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:30:55.795Z

Reserved: 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2011-0729

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-04-29T22:55:00.873

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:24:42.710

Link: CVE-2011-0729

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