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title: "CVE-2011-0729\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-0729

Publication date 19 April 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**High**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| language-selector | 10.10 maverick | Fixed 0.6.7 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0729)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0729)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-0729)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0729)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1115-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1115-1)
+ language-selector vulnerability
+ 19 April 2011

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0729>