CVE-2011-1842

dbus_backend/lsd.py in the D-Bus backend in language-selector before 0.6.7 does not validate the arguments to the (1) SetSystemDefaultLangEnv and (2) SetSystemDefaultLanguageEnv functions, which allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in a string argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0729.

Date published : 2011-05-02

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47502

http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/packages/show/307975