CVE-2008-0008
Publication date 29 January 2008
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| pulseaudio | ||
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
| Package | Patch details |
|---|---|
| pulseaudio |