CVE-2008-0008
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0008
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-0008.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-0008
- Related
- Published
- 2008-01-29T00:00:00Z
- Modified
- 2024-11-21T00:40:57Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The padroproot 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.
- References
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/28608
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28623
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28738
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28952
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-07.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1476
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:027
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27449
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-573-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0283
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39992
- http://pulseaudio.org/changeset/2100
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=347822
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425481
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207214
- https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/pulseaudio-discuss/2008-January/001228.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00852.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00869.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0008
Affected packages
Debian:11 / pulseaudio
Package
- Name
- pulseaudio
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pulseaudio?arch=source
Debian:12 / pulseaudio
Package
- Name
- pulseaudio
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pulseaudio?arch=source
Debian:13 / pulseaudio
Package
- Name
- pulseaudio
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pulseaudio?arch=source