DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4406

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4406
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4406.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4406
Upstream
Published
2014-04-16T18:37:11Z
Modified
2026-09-14T06:47:20Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / accountsservice

Package

Name
accountsservice
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/accountsservice?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.15-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4406.json"

Debian:13 / accountsservice

Package

Name
accountsservice
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/accountsservice?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.15-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4406.json"

Debian:14 / accountsservice

Package

Name
accountsservice
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/accountsservice?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.15-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4406.json"