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.
2011-04-29T22:55:00.873
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
3.9
10.0
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | ≤ 0.6.6 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.0\+baz20050531 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.0\+baz20050609 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.0\+baz20050614 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.0\+baz20050808 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.0\+baz20050811 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.0\+baz20050819 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.0\+baz20050819.2 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.0\+baz20050822 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.0\+baz20050823 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.0\+baz20050824 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.0\+baz20050912 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.0\+baz20050926 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.0\+baz20050927 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.1 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.2 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.3 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.4 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.5 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.6 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.7 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.8 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.9 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.10 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.11 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.12 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.13 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.14 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.15 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.16 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.17 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.18 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.19 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.20 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.21 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.22 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.23 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.24 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.25 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.26 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.27 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.28 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.29 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.1.30 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.2.0 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.2.1 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.2.2 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.2.3 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.2.4 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.2.5 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.2.6 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.2.7 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.2.8 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.2.9 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.2.10 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.3.0 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.3.1 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.3.2 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.3.3 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.3.4 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.3.5 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.3.6 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.3.7 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.3.8 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.3.9 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.3.10 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.3.11 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.3.12 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.3.13 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.3.14 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.3.15 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.3.16 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.3.17 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.3.20 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.3.21 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.0 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.1 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.2 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.2.1 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.2.2 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.2.3 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.3 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.4 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.5 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.6 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.7 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.8 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.9 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.10 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.11 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.12 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.13 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.14 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.15 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.16 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.17 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.18 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.4.19 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.5.0 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.5.1 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.5.2 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.5.3 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.5.4 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.5.5 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.5.6 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.5.7 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.6.0 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.6.1 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.6.2 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.6.3 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.6.4 | Yes |
| Application | ubuntu | language-selector | 0.6.5 | Yes |