CVE-2011-0729
N/A
Published: April 29, 2011 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:27 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLanguage Selector
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 0.6.60.0 baz200505310.0 baz200506090.0 baz200506140.0 baz200508080.0 baz200508110.0 baz200508190.0 baz20050819.20.0 baz200508220.0 baz200508230.0 baz200508240.0 baz200509120.0 baz200509260.0 baz200509270.10.1.10.1.100.1.110.1.120.1.130.1.140.1.150.1.160.1.170.1.180.1.190.1.20.1.200.1.210.1.220.1.230.1.240.1.250.1.260.1.270.1.280.1.290.1.30.1.300.1.40.1.50.1.60.1.70.1.80.1.90.2.00.2.10.2.100.2.20.2.30.2.40.2.50.2.60.2.70.2.80.2.90.3.00.3.10.3.100.3.110.3.120.3.130.3.140.3.150.3.160.3.170.3.20.3.200.3.210.3.30.3.40.3.50.3.60.3.70.3.80.3.90.4.00.4.10.4.100.4.110.4.120.4.130.4.140.4.150.4.160.4.170.4.180.4.190.4.20.4.2.10.4.2.20.4.2.30.4.30.4.40.4.50.4.60.4.70.4.80.4.90.5.00.5.10.5.20.5.30.5.40.5.50.5.60.5.70.6.00.6.10.6.20.6.30.6.40.6.5
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/44214VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1032x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.6.7Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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