CVE-2008-0008
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 28, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 3, 2007
Description
The pa_drop_root function in PulseAudio 0.9.8, and a certain 0.9.9 build, does not check return values from (1) setresuid, (2) setreuid, (3) setuid, and (4) seteuid calls when attempting to drop privileges, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing those calls to fail via attacks such as resource exhaustion.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- MDVSA-2008:027vendor-advisory
- 27449vdb-entry
- 28623third-party-advisory
- [pulseaudio-discuss] 20080124 [ANNOUNCE] PulseAudio 0.9.9mailing-list
- http://pulseaudio.org/changeset/2100
- ADV-2008-0283vdb-entry
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207214
- DSA-1476vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-0963vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425481
- GLSA-200802-07vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-0994vendor-advisory
- 28738third-party-advisory
- pulseaudio-padroproot-privilege-escalation(39992)vdb-entry
- USN-573-1vendor-advisory
- 28952third-party-advisory
- 28608third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=347822
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