Ubuntu alert USN-1958-1 (language-selector)

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Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com> 
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[USN-1958-1] language-selector vulnerability 
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Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:07:24 -0400
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1958-1
September 18, 2013

language-selector vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

language-selector could be tricked into bypassing polkit authorizations.

Software Description:
- language-selector: Language selector for Ubuntu

Details:

It was discovered that language-selector was using polkit in an unsafe
manner. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended
polkit authorizations.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 13.04:
  language-selector-common        0.110.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  language-selector-common        0.90.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  language-selector-common        0.79.4

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1958-1
  CVE-2013-1066

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0....
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0....
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0....


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