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.
Published: 2011-05-03
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-1840 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1115-1 language-selector vulnerability
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Ubuntu Language-selector
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:37:26.083Z

Reserved: 2011-05-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-1842

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-05-03T00:55:01.093

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-1842

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