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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.56% probability · 45th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- pulseaudio/pulseaudio
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207214Third Party Advisory
- http://pulseaudio.org/changeset/2100Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28608Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28623Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28738Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28952Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-07.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1476Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:027Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27449Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-573-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0283Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=347822Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425481Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39992VDB Entry
- https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/pulseaudio-discuss/2008-January/001228.htmlBroken Link
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00852.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00869.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207214Third Party Advisory
- http://pulseaudio.org/changeset/2100Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28608Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28623Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28738Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28952Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-07.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1476Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:027Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27449Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-573-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0283Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.