Tavis Ormandy, Julien Tinnes, and Yorick Koster discovered that PulseAudio did not safely re-execute itself. A local attacker could exploit this to gain root privileges.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-804-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(39851);
script_version("1.17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1894");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"804-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : pulseaudio vulnerability (USN-804-1)");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Tavis Ormandy, Julien Tinnes, and Yorick Koster discovered that
PulseAudio did not safely re-execute itself. A local attacker could
exploit this to gain root privileges.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/804-1/"
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
script_cwe_id(362);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse-browse0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse-browse0-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse-mainloop-glib0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse-mainloop-glib0-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse0-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulsecore5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulsecore5-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulsecore9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulsecore9-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-esound-compat");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-esound-compat-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-gconf");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-gconf-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-hal");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-hal-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-lirc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-lirc-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-x11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-x11-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-zeroconf");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-utils");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-utils-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/07/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/07/17");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2009-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2009-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! ereg(pattern:"^(8\.04|8\.10|9\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 8.04 / 8.10 / 9.04", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"libpulse-browse0", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"libpulse-browse0-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"libpulse-dev", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"libpulse-mainloop-glib0", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"libpulse-mainloop-glib0-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"libpulse0", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"libpulse0-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"libpulsecore5", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"libpulsecore5-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-esound-compat", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-esound-compat-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-gconf", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-gconf-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-hal", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-hal-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-lirc", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-lirc-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-x11", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-x11-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-zeroconf", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-utils", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-utils-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"libpulse-browse0", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"libpulse-browse0-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"libpulse-dev", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"libpulse-mainloop-glib0", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"libpulse-mainloop-glib0-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"libpulse0", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"libpulse0-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"libpulsecore5", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"libpulsecore5-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"pulseaudio", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"pulseaudio-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"pulseaudio-esound-compat", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"pulseaudio-esound-compat-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-gconf", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-gconf-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-hal", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-hal-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-lirc", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-lirc-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-x11", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-x11-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-zeroconf", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"pulseaudio-utils", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"pulseaudio-utils-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"libpulse-browse0", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"libpulse-browse0-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"libpulse-dev", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"libpulse-mainloop-glib0", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"libpulse-mainloop-glib0-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"libpulse0", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"libpulse0-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"libpulsecore9", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"libpulsecore9-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio", pkgver:"1:0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-esound-compat", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-esound-compat-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-gconf", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-gconf-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-hal", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-hal-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-lirc", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-lirc-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-x11", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-x11-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-zeroconf", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-utils", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"pulseaudio-utils-dbg", pkgver:"0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : ubuntu_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libpulse-browse0 / libpulse-browse0-dbg / libpulse-dev / etc");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libpulse-browse0 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse-browse0 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libpulse-browse0-dbg | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse-browse0-dbg |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libpulse-dev | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse-dev |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libpulse-mainloop-glib0 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse-mainloop-glib0 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libpulse-mainloop-glib0-dbg | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse-mainloop-glib0-dbg |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libpulse0 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse0 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libpulse0-dbg | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse0-dbg |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libpulsecore5 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulsecore5 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libpulsecore5-dbg | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulsecore5-dbg |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libpulsecore9 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulsecore9 |