CVE-2013-1066

MEDIUM 4.6CVE-2013-1066 · Published 03/10/2013 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2013-1066 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability affecting language-selector (ubuntu developers).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.38%, higher than 31.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
language-selector ubuntu_developers	`= 0.110= 0.79= 0.79.1= 0.79.2= 0.79.3= 0.90`	No fix yet

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.

References

secunia.com/advisories/54911 · Vendor Advisory
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1 · Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379
launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1 · Patch
launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.79.4 · Patch
launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.90.1 · Patch

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