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.
References
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/764397
- 44214 third-party-advisory
- http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/packages/show/307975
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.6.7
- ADV-2011-1032 vdb-entry
- 47502 vdb-entry
- USN-1115-1 vendor-advisory