CVE-2008-0008
7.2 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
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.
Affected configurations
References
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207214
pulseaudio.org/changeset/2100
secunia.com/advisories/28608
secunia.com/advisories/28623
secunia.com/advisories/28738
secunia.com/advisories/28952
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-07.xml
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1476
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:027
www.securityfocus.com/bid/27449
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-573-1
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0283
bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=347822
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425481
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39992
tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/pulseaudio-discuss/2008-January/001228.html
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00852.html
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00869.html
Related
7.2 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%