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title: "CVE-2013-1066\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-1066

Publication date 18 September 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| language-selector | 13.04 raring | Fixed 0.110.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 0.90.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 0.79.4 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1066)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1066)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1066)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1066)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1958-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1958-1)
+ language-selector vulnerability
+ 18 September 2013

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1066>