CVE-2008-0008

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-0008
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-01-29 00:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 All x86_64 All
Application Pulseaudio Pulseaudio 0.9.6 All All All
Application Pulseaudio Pulseaudio 0.9.8 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora 7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora 8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Bug 207214 - media-sound/pulseaudio < 0.9.9 Pulseaudio ignores setuid() return value (CVE-2008-0008) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Bug 425481 – CVE-2008-0008 Pulseaudio ignores setuid() return value af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: pulseaudio-0.9.6-2.fc7.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com VDB Entry
PulseAudio af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pulseaudio.org Exploit
Pulseaudio: Privilege escalation — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Gentoo update for pulseaudio - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: pulseaudio-0.9.8-5.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 347822 – AUDIT-0: PulseAudio permissions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com Issue Tracking
Fedora update for pulseaudio - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
PulseAudio Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[pulseaudio-discuss] [ANNOUNCE] PulseAudio 0.9.9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tango.0pointer.de Broken Link
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Debian update for pulseaudio - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for pulseaudio - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
USN-573-1: PulseAudio vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1476-1 pulseaudio af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
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