CVE-2008-0008

Publication date 29 January 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
pulseaudio	7.10 gutsy	Fixed 0.9.6-1ubuntu2.1
	7.04 feisty	Fixed 0.9.5-5ubuntu4.2
	6.10 edgy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

not possible to exploit in default installation. In fact, need an LSM to fail the call and then not protect the binary properly, so this is almost a non-issue on Ubuntu patched prepared

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
pulseaudio	Vendor: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1476 Vendor: http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:027

CVE-2008-0008

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jdstrand

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