CVE-2011-4406

Publication date 20 December 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

High

Why this priority?

The Ubuntu AccountsService package before 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1 does not properly drop privileges when changing language settings, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

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Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
accountsservice 11.10 oneiric
Fixed 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

per Robert, “I believe this is a custom Ubuntu change in accountsservice.”

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1351-1
    • AccountsService vulnerability
    • 31 January 2012

Other references