Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 3, 2013· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2013-1066
CVE-2013-1066
Description
language-selector 0.110.x before 0.110.1, 0.90.x before 0.90.1, and 0.79.x before 0.79.4 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.
Affected products
9cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu_developers:language-selector:0.110:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu_developers:language-selector:0.110:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu_developers:language-selector:0.79:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu_developers:language-selector:0.79.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu_developers:language-selector:0.79.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu_developers:language-selector:0.79.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu_developers:language-selector:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
6- launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1nvdPatch
- launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.79.4nvdPatch
- launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.90.1nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/54911nvdVendor Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1nvdVendor Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379nvd
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