CVE-2008-0008 | BDVDB-2026-28899 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:027
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27449
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28623
- https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/pulseaudio-discuss/2008-January/001228.html
- http://pulseaudio.org/changeset/2100
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0283
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207214
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1476
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00852.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425481
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-07.xml
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00869.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28738
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39992
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-573-1
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.