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CVE-2011-1842

Publication date 19 April 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

High

Why this priority?

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
language-selector 11.04 natty
Fixed 0.33
10.10 maverick
Fixed 0.6.7
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1115-1
    • language-selector vulnerability
    • 19 April 2011

Other references