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.
References
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Information
Published : 2011-05-02 17:55
Updated : 2017-08-16 18:34
NVD link : CVE-2011-1842
Mitre link : CVE-2011-1842
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
Products Affected
ubuntu
- language-selector