CVE-2008-0008

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.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.05%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:027 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27449 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28623 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/pulseaudio-discuss/2008-January/001228.html mailing list broken link
http://pulseaudio.org/changeset/2100 exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0283 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207214 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1476 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00852.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425481 issue tracking
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-07.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00869.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28738 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39992 vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-573-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28952 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28608 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=347822 issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-0008?
CVE-2008-0008 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-0008?
To fix CVE-2008-0008, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-0008 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-0008 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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