DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1894

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1894
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1894.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1894
Upstream
Published
2009-07-17T16:30:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:24:17Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Race condition in PulseAudio 0.9.9, 0.9.10, and 0.9.14 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving creation of a hard link, related to the application setting LDBINDNOW to 1, and then calling execv on the target of the /proc/self/exe symlink.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / pulseaudio

Package

Name
pulseaudio
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pulseaudio?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.15-4.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "high"
}

Debian:12 / pulseaudio

Package

Name
pulseaudio
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pulseaudio?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.15-4.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "high"
}

Debian:13 / pulseaudio

Package

Name
pulseaudio
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pulseaudio?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.15-4.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "high"
}

Debian:14 / pulseaudio

Package

Name
pulseaudio
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pulseaudio?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.15-4.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "high"
}