CVE-2008-0008

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.
References
Link Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207214 Third Party Advisory
http://pulseaudio.org/changeset/2100 Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/28608 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28623 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28738 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28952 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-07.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1476 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:027 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27449 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-573-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0283 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=347822 Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425481 Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39992 VDB Entry
https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/pulseaudio-discuss/2008-January/001228.html Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00852.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00869.html Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207214 Third Party Advisory
http://pulseaudio.org/changeset/2100 Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/28608 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28623 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28738 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28952 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-07.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1476 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:027 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27449 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-573-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0283 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=347822 Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425481 Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39992 VDB Entry
https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/pulseaudio-discuss/2008-January/001228.html Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00852.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00869.html Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
OR cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2007.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2007.1:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2008.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2008.0:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR cpe:2.3:a:pulseaudio:pulseaudio:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pulseaudio:pulseaudio:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 00:40

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207214 - Third Party Advisory () http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207214 - Third Party Advisory
References () http://pulseaudio.org/changeset/2100 - Exploit () http://pulseaudio.org/changeset/2100 - Exploit
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/28608 - Vendor Advisory () http://secunia.com/advisories/28608 - Vendor Advisory
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/28623 - Vendor Advisory () http://secunia.com/advisories/28623 - Vendor Advisory
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/28738 - Vendor Advisory () http://secunia.com/advisories/28738 - Vendor Advisory
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/28952 - Vendor Advisory () http://secunia.com/advisories/28952 - Vendor Advisory
References () http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-07.xml - Third Party Advisory () http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-07.xml - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1476 - Third Party Advisory () http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1476 - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:027 - Third Party Advisory () http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:027 - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27449 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27449 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-573-1 - Third Party Advisory () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-573-1 - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0283 - Vendor Advisory () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0283 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=347822 - Issue Tracking () https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=347822 - Issue Tracking
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425481 - Issue Tracking () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425481 - Issue Tracking
References () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39992 - VDB Entry () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39992 - VDB Entry
References () https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/pulseaudio-discuss/2008-January/001228.html - Broken Link () https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/pulseaudio-discuss/2008-January/001228.html - Broken Link
References () https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00852.html - Third Party Advisory () https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00852.html - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00869.html - Third Party Advisory () https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00869.html - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2008-01-29 00:00

Updated : 2024-11-21 00:40


NVD link : CVE-2008-0008

Mitre link : CVE-2008-0008

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-0008


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Products Affected

mandrakesoft

  • mandrake_linux

pulseaudio

  • pulseaudio

redhat

  • fedora
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation