Ubuntu Developers language-selector up to 0.110 Access Restriction access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Ubuntu Developers language-selector up to 0.110 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Access Restriction. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2013-1066. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Ubuntu Developers language-selector up to 0.110. This affects an unknown part of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 10/03/2013 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at launchpad.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-1066 since 01/11/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69976 (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : language-selector vulnerability (USN-1958-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195909 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Language-selector Vulnerability (USN-1958-1)).

Upgrading to version 0.79.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (87379), Tenable (69976), SecurityFocus (BID 62500†), Secunia (SA54911†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-41690†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 69976
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : language-selector vulnerability (USN-1958-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 841558
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for language-selector USN-1958-1
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: language-selector 0.79.1

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01/11/2013 🔍
09/18/2013 +250 days 🔍
09/19/2013 +1 days 🔍
10/01/2013 +12 days 🔍
10/03/2013 +2 days 🔍
10/03/2013 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +537 days 🔍
12/28/2024 +3567 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-1958-1
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-1066 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1066
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-65187

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X-Force: 87379
SecurityFocus: 62500
Secunia: 54911
Vulnerability Center: 41690 - Language-Selector Local Bypass Restrictions Vulnerability via PolicyKit, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 12/28/2024 04:16
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (65), 05/12/2017 10:38 (4), 01/08/2022 09:45 (3), 01/08/2022 09:49 (1), 12/28/2024 04:16 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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