CVE-2011-4406
First published: Wed Apr 16 2014(Updated: )
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.
Credit: security@ubuntu.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical Accountsservice | <=0.6.14 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =11.10 |
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