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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-05-03T00:03:00

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

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

Link: CVE-2011-1842

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2017-08-17T01:34:26.527

Link: CVE-2011-1842

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