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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 46.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-01-28 23:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-12-03
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3f496db0a0a7e0c6f8e7a4b8535768a5ab1737265e2cd9998dc718a9b323773d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:027http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:027
- www.securityfocus.com27449http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27449
- secunia.com28623http://secunia.com/advisories/28623
- tango.0pointer.de[pulseaudio-discuss] 20080124 [ANNOUNCE] PulseAudio 0.9.9https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/pulseaudio-discuss/2008-January/001228.html
- pulseaudio.orghttp://pulseaudio.org/changeset/2100
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0283http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0283
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207214
- www.debian.orgDSA-1476http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1476
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-0963https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00852.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425481
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200802-07http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-07.xml
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-0994https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00869.html
- secunia.com28738http://secunia.com/advisories/28738
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compulseaudio-padroproot-privilege-escalation(39992)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39992
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-573-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-573-1
- secunia.com28952http://secunia.com/advisories/28952
- secunia.com28608http://secunia.com/advisories/28608
- bugzilla.novell.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=347822
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pulseaudio Fixed in 0.9.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pulseaudio Fixed in 0.9.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pulseaudio Fixed in 0.9.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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