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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.70826
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-1115-1 (language-selector-common)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to language-selector-common
announced via advisory USN-1115-1.

Details:

Romain Perier discovered that the language-selector D-Bus backend did not
correctly check for Policy Kit authorizations. A local attacker could exploit
this to inject shell commands into the system-wide locale configuration file,
leading to root privilege escalation.

Solution:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 10.10:
language-selector-common 0.6.7

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1115-1

CVSS Score:
7.2

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:NR/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-0729
BugTraq ID: 47502
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47502
http://secunia.com/advisories/44214
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1115-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1032
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