PT-2014-2170 · Canonical · Accountsservice

Hayawardh Vijayakumar · Published 2014-04-16 · Updated 2014-04-17 · CVE-2011-4406

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.6

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AccountsService versions prior to 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1

Description The issue allows local users to modify arbitrary files due to improper privilege handling when changing language settings.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1, update to version 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-4406

Affected Products

Accountsservice

References · 7

• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1351-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-4406 · Vendor Advisory
• http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/oneiric/accountsservice/oneiric-updates/revision/21 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4406 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4406 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4406 · Vendor Advisory
• http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-4406.html · Note